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Janet on Bloomberg Law re the Non-Equity Tier
Recently Janet was invited to participate in a Bloomberg Law podcast on the topic of Ropes & Gray remaining a single-tier partnership despite the industry’s overwhelming movement towards the two-tier (equity and non-equity) partnership model. Her fellow... read more +“Why Law Firms Should Not Be Ranked Based on Profits Per Partner” Agree or Disagree
I believe this is a first, but I'm about to quote an astute and interested UK reader's unsolicited, over-the-transom "letter to 'Adam Smith, Esq.'" in its entirety. At first I thought I could edit it gracefully for concision, but upon attempting to do...
Four Powerful New Capabilities: Adapt or….
Yesterday's post about the Hildebrandt/Citigroup annual 2004 recap said nothing about a topic they dwelt on which I deemed sufficiently distinct and newsworthy in itself to merit separate commentary. Specifically, they cited four developments in firm structure and...
2004 in Review and a Wild Card for 2005
Hildebrandt and The Law Firm Group of the Citigroup Private Bank, with help from Baker-Robbins, are out with their 2004 year-in-review together with some prognostications for 2005. The New York Times, in its wisdom, headlined the story, "Partnerships More...
How Profitable Is Our Group? Who Cares!
Now that we all have religion about organizing firms by practice groups (well, most of us, anyway), the next logical question is, to paraphrase Ed Koch, "How are we doin'?" In other words, which practice groups are the strong economic engines driving...
Christo’s “The Gates:” Take Two
I put an on-line "photo album" up about "The Gates" installation in Central Park. Check it out. You still have today, Saturday, and Sunday to experience them in person: preposterous, insane, magical, joyous—brings out the child in every...
