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Sure You’re Smart, But Do You Think? (There is a difference)
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. LLC. Our industry is awash with really smart people. You kinda have to be to get into and through a top law school. Then, why is there such a paucity of creative thinking in Law Land? After... read more +And Now a Word From Your Editor: Blather
You should not be surprised to learn that in my travels across the legal, business, and strategic commentariat, I form opinions--some probably too quickly or too definitively--about the quality of what I'm reading. As an exercise that began as casual amusement I began...
Happy 250th, United States
The Constitution of the United States Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States Article II, Section 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Article III,...
Scale Matters
In the past we have written that for law firms scale—number of partners and total lawyers, number of offices, total revenue, &c.—doesn’t really matter. The distinctions that clients care about center around specific domain/practice area expertise, track record, a...
Juneteenth
Happy Birthday, Adam Smith!
Born this day in 1723 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh. Today he would be 303.