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05 Jun
Despite Latest Results, The Am Law Second Hundred Firms Show Steady Progress

The American Lawyer published results from its annual Am Law 200 report, which includes data and rankings for the nation’s Second Hundred highest grossing law firms. Overall, gross revenue decreased on average by 0.2 percent, net income decreased by 1.4 percent, profit per equity partner decreased by 1.4 percent, revenue per lawyer decreased by 0.3 percent, and headcount rose […]

Despite Latest Results, The Am Law Second Hundred Firms Show Steady Progress
11 Mar Global Branding in Today’s Legal Market
Global Branding in Today’s Legal Market

Baker and McKenzie retains its title as the best-known law firm in the world, according recent rankings by UK-based r...

10 Mar Common Practices of the Most Profitable Law Firms
Common Practices of the Most Profitable Law Firms

BTI Consulting recently analyzed over 300 law firms to identify the key characteristics shared by the most profitable law ...

04 Mar Chicago Managing Partner Scott Meyers on Akerman’s Continued Growth
Chicago Managing Partner Scott Meyers on Akerma...

Managing partner of Akerman’s Chicago office, Scott Meyers, sat down with Crain’s to discuss the firm’s ...

26 Feb Majority of Houston-Based IP Boutique to Go to Polsinelli
Majority of Houston-Based IP Boutique to Go to ...

The “vast majority” of lawyers and staff from Houston-based IP boutique Novack Druce Connolly Bove & Quigg will be a...

17 Feb The Humbling Reality of Setting Up Shop in the Chicago Legal Market
The Humbling Reality of Setting Up Shop in the ...

Finding a foothold in the Chicago market isn’t as easy for the elite ‘big law’ firms as they might like to believe...

12 Feb The $1500 an Hour Lawyer
The $1500 an Hour Lawyer

Seeming to defy the laws of supply and demand, hourly billing rates at national corporate law firms have increased 3 ...

05 Feb Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues
Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues

The frenzy of mergers between IP boutiques and national full-service firms shows no signs of abatement, The American Lawyer reports....

03 Feb ‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Increase in Lateral Partner Moves
‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Incre...

Partner moves were at their highest count yet in 2015, the “strongest year since 2009 for lateral partner moves at big law fir...

29 Jan Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Service Midwest Firm
Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Serv...

Intellectual property boutique Brinks, Gilson, & Leone lost four litigation partners to Midwest-based Barnes & Thornburg las...

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