“Transition” or “Chasm?”

by | January 17, 2017 | Articles, Recruiting

The following article was first published earlier this week in The Lawyer.  We reproduce it here with their kind permission. Two days after the US Presidential election, the Atlantic magazine’s lead article, “The Trump Transition Begins,” opened with this short...

Now What? (Hint: Growth Is Dead)

by | January 2, 2017 | Articles, Leadership, Strategy

It’s become a commonplace to observe that Law Land has entered a period of negligible overall real growth in demand. (Five years ago I published Growth Is Dead: Now What?, which at the time prompted a fair amount of skepticism, a perspective on the book which...

Our Still Noble (?) Profession

by | December 8, 2016 | Articles, Leadership

Having been born in Manhattan, raised in a very close-in suburb which orbited in the firm grasp of The City and existed to serve it (it was the era when parents did that), and having lived and worked on this Island ever since college and law school, I plead guilty to...

Tepid Can Kill You

by | November 30, 2016 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy

You deem the following quote: Surprising, because your partners are totally game for whatever changes the rapidly evolving world is throwing at your firm; Utterly familiar—depressingly so; The ace you have up your sleeve as Managing Partner when it’s simpler to...

Happy Thanksgiving

by | November 24, 2016 | About the Site, Articles

A Macy’s Parade balloon gets ready for its big annual moment–this all happens about a mile from the offices of Adam Smith, Esq.: Courtesy The New York Times.  
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