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Why Are So Many Superstar Litigators Jumping Ship?

In the most recent of what’s beginning to feel like a parade of star litigators jumping ship from BigLaw, comes word that Karen Dunn has left Paul Weiss to join a startup litigation boutique; in the first few months of its existence it’s already past two... read more +

The Power of One

by | Feb 4, 2005 | 0 Comments

Roughly speaking, there are two theories of history:  That people shape events, or that events shape people. As a confirmed subscriber to the former theory, this American Lawyer profile of Bingham-McCutchen's chair, Jay Zimmerman, tells the tale to me of what a...

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Law Firm Management, 1984–2004

by | Feb 3, 2005 | 2 Comments

One of the most promising and optimistic pieces I've read in awhile comes courtesy of John Smock, co-founder of Smock Sterling Strategic Management Consultants outside Chicago.  Essentially a look-back at his twenty years of experience being a strategic...

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The Market’s Competitive. Which Market?

by | Jan 31, 2005 | 1 Comment

"Law firms are being forced to run themselves along more 'corporate' lines than ever before," reports the FT, summarizing a PwC report on the top 50 UK firms during 2004.  This new "strategic approach" may represent a departure from how things...

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One-Stop Data Dump

by | Jan 29, 2005 | 0 Comments

One-stop data shopping about the size and composition of the legal services industry?  It's here on one handy page put together by "Envision Agency," a new name to me, which describes itself as a "full service marketing agency specializing in the...

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Blogging = Changing the System?

by | Jan 27, 2005 | 0 Comments

Ernie Svenson, one of the "Savvy Blawgers" and  host of Ernie the Attorney, was just interviewed on JD Bliss about how he came to be a blogger, and among other points was this exchange: JDB:  Has blogging been important to you as a means to address...

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