by Bruce | February 1, 2021 | Articles, Build Back Better, Business Models, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
When we ended Part 2 of this series, we had discussed the data showing (1) that the conventional wisdom about the AmLaw firms growing relentlessly to the sky was, uh, Fake News (h/t to Jae Um), (2) that the real picture is one of increasing segmentation among law...
by Bruce | January 27, 2021 | Articles, Build Back Better, Business Models, Client Relationships, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
What will differentiate winning firms from “mere” survivors is adaptability. As the Organization for Economic Development wrote in 2019: Resilience centers on the ability not only to resist and recover from adverse shocks, but also to “bounce back” stronger than...
by Bruce | December 17, 2020 | Articles, Branding, Build Back Better, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, NewLaw, Practice Group Management, Strategy
With vaccines no longer a distant deus ex machina but here today in the cargo holds of aircraft at 35,000 feet, on FedEx and UPS trucks nationwide, and soon at a friendly neighborhood pharmacy near you, it’s time to refocus on what the contours of Law Land’s...
by Bruce | December 10, 2020 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Recruiting
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Yes, we’re pretty much mercilessly flogging the Leopard Law Firm Index. Why? Because in the information-desert that is Law Land, the Leopard Index provides high-quality, easily accessible data firms can use...
by Bruce | October 25, 2020 | Articles, Business Models, Leadership
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. The Leopard Law firm Index was launched earlier this month to great acclaim. Many law firms are asking us what it means to them and how they can use it. These are excellent questions and we’ll...
by Bruce | October 5, 2020 | Articles, Branding, Build Back Better, Business Models, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Recruiting, Strategy
For years—decades, really—the legal industry has suffered from a woeful shortage of meaningful, truly informative ratings of law firms.[1] Today we intend to change that. Introducing the Leopard Law Firm Index, powered by Leopard Solutions and in partnership with...
