Featured Article
Whither Agentic AI and Law Firms?: My Interview with Sidebar
A little while ago I was interviewed by Niraj Chhabra of Sidebar Advisors. He publishes a podcast and here’s a link to my conversation with him. He also shared alternative platforms where you can find our conversation in case you are more comfortable with one of... read more +Blogging = Changing the System?
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...
Collaborate Or Die
Building a genuinely trusting, collaborative, integrated culture—where one does not exist—is among the tallest of orders that a firm can face. Since control over clients is such a key source of power, client-hogging and the individualistic behavior...
Merger Fever? Do Your Homework
While skeptical of mergers (see below), I'm also of the view that "chance favors the prepared," and that: having a clearly articulated and fundamentally sound strategy going in; recognizing and confronting with clear-eyed vision the issues surrounding...
Henry Kravitz on Line One?
Is there anything interesting to be said of the potential Pillsbury/Shaw-Pittman merger? Regular readers will know that I approach mergers with a jaundiced eye, given their frankly embarrassing track record of destroying rather than creating value in...
Eat Your Spinach
More on Marketing 101 for lawyers: Do you know how to work a room? Are you comfortable delivering an elevator pitch about what you do for your clients? Both these articles cover the basics in reassuring, albeit non-negotiable, terms. For...