“Law Firm Leaders Forum” in San Francisco

by | March 8, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy

I’m composing this on the plane on my way to the 12th annual "Law Firm Leaders Forum: Leading the Law Firm of the Future" this Thursday and Friday, March 8 & 9, at the Four Seasons in San Francisco. Ralph Baxter of Orrick founded the "Leaders Forum" twelve years ago and has been its Chair ever since; this year it’s produced in conjunction with The Hildebrandt Institute, and Brad Hildebrandt is the co-chair.

Just to whet your appetite (or mine) for what’s on the agenda, here are the highlights:

  • Legal Marketplace 2012: The Profession and Business of Law in Five Years
    • Ralph Baxter
    • Dan DiPietro (Citigroup Private Bank, Law Firm Group)
    • Brad Hildebrandt
    • Aric Press (editor in chief, The American Lawyer)
  • Multi-Faceted Legal Market: One Size Does Not Fit All
    • Brad Hildebrandt
    • Guy Beringer, Senior Partner, Allen & Overy
    • Robert Dell, Chairman and Managing Partner, Latham & Watkins
    • Greg Jordan, Chairman and Managing Partner, Reed Smith
  • Facing Reality: How to Fashion a Strategy to Succeed in Today’s Fragmented and Competitive Legal Marketplace
    • Ralph Baxter
    • Fred Bartlit, Jr., Bartlit Beck
    • Michael Boone, Co-Founder, Haynes and Boone
    • John Gamble, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory& Natsis
    • Richard Racine, Managing Partner, Finnegan Henderson
  • Law Firm Leadership& Talent Management
    • Dr. Larry Richard, Hildebrandt
    • John Conroy, Jr., Chairman of the Executive Committee, Baker & McKenzie
    • William Perlstein,Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale
    • Regina Pisa, Chairman and Managing Partner, Goodwin Procter
    • Barton Winokur, Chairman & CEO, Dechert
  • The Changing Mindset of Lawyers and How to Deal With It
    • Ralph Baxter
    • Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Chair, O’Melveny & Myers
    • R. Bruce McLean, Chairman, Akin Gump
    • Francis Milone, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    • Aric Press
    • Mel Immergut, Chairman, Milbank
  • Law Practice Outside the United States: The View From Other Countries
    • Ralph Baxter
    • Jose Maria Alfonso, Managing Partner, Garrigues, Abogados Asesores Tributarios, Madrid
    • Akira Kosugi, Managing Partner, Nishimura & Partners, Tokyo
    • Robert Sutton, Senior Partner, Macfarlanes, London
  • Strategic Alternatives for Lawyers to Support the Global Issues Domestic Clients Confront
    • Brad Hildebrandt
    • T. Kennedy Helm, III, Managing Partner and Chairman, Stites & Harbison
    • Mark Wasserman, Managing Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
  • The New Supply Chain: Contract Lawyers, Outsourcing, and Other Alternatives
    • Ralph Baxter
    • Guy Beringer, Senior Partner, Allen & Overy
    • Mel Immergut
  • Annual Report on Law Firm Economics
    • Dan DiPietro
    • Brad Hildebrandt
    • Mel Immergut
    • Thomas Yanucci, Chairman, Kirkland & Ellis

As you see, a bluer-chip roster could scarcely be imagined. This should be a deeply stimulating feast of intellectual riches. I am deeply grateful to my friends at Orrick for making this possible for me and, in a future report coming to "Adam Smith, Esq.," for you. Home Saturday.

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