by Bruce | July 17, 2025 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Ineffable
Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 5 June1732. Died in Edinburgh July 17, 1790 at age 67. Had he lived to today he would have been 293.
by Janet Stanton | June 30, 2025 | Articles, Client Relationships
The importance of enhanced client focus continues to ratchet up. With good reason. In the “battle for market share” your current clients are both more valuable and vulnerable than before. Further, as supported in numerous studies, nurturing and building...
by Bruce | June 19, 2025 | Articles, Ineffable
by Bruce | June 10, 2025 | Articles
I don’t know what role, if any, a deity might play in your life, but on my exceptionally short list of immanent beliefs worthy of worship is The Rule of Law: In a nutshell, “no one is above/all are equal before the law.” Its pedigree goes back in human history, way...
by Bruce | June 5, 2025 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Today he would be 302 years old.
by Bruce | May 26, 2025 | About the Site, Ineffable
by Bruce | April 17, 2025 | Articles
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq.–Bruce A few years back, we were meeting with the Executive Committee of one of Canada’s Seven Sisters firms. As part of our staying current on trends in Law Land, we often meet with firms...
by Bruce | March 17, 2025 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Here at Adam Smith, Esq. our robust, and for 20+ years inviolate, policy has been never to comment on current affairs. That ends today. We value no civic principle more highly than the primacy of the Rule of Law. And we have long had the luxury of being able to take...
by Bruce | March 9, 2025 | Articles
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq., LLC—Bruce We were wondering what a help-wanted ad for a Managing Partner[1] would look like; knowing of course, that we’ll never see one. For better or worse, it remains unthinkable for a law...
by Bruce | February 26, 2025 | About the Site, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
With yours truly live on camera. Thanks to our “BLaw” friends for making this possible. Feel free to...