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14 Sep
Managing Partner Compensation Expectations in a Record Financial Year

How do successful leaders and firms manage their compensation expectations in a record financial year? A recent article by The American Lawyer investigates, positing that some of the most effective means for managing the compensation expectations of partners include structural elements in their compensation system, leadership techniques, and talented, communicative leaders. Blane Prescott, a consultant for […]

Managing Partner Compensation Expectations in a Record Financial Year
12 May Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women
Law360’s Top U.S. Firms for Women

Law360 recently released their annual Glass Ceiling report, ranking ten firms above their peers based on the percentage of...

27 Apr Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360, Discussing the Midwest Legal Market
Astor President Bill Sugarman Quoted in Law360,...

Astor Professional Search president Bill Sugarman quoted in Law360, discussing the Midwest legal market: http://www.law360.com/...

22 Apr No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Kenyon?
No More Summer Associates for Kenyon & Ken...

Intellectual property firm Kenyon & Kenyon neither confirmed nor denied rumors that they will be canceling their summer associat...

15 Apr Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a Crawl
Advancement of Minorities in Biglaw Slows to a ...

In a profession “less diverse than doctors or engineers [who are] 88 percent white,” says Danielle Holley-Walker, dean o...

07 Apr Billable Hour Moves In-House
Billable Hour Moves In-House

In-house attorneys have always extolled the abolishment of the billable hour as a major plus over traditional firm life.  But now, T...

31 Mar No Such Thing as a Good Merger?
No Such Thing as a Good Merger?

Last year saw the dissolution of several high-profile firm mergers, yet still boasted a record 91 successful law firm amalgamations ...

22 Mar Schiff Hardin Lays Off Associates After Partners Depart
Schiff Hardin Lays Off Associates After Partner...

Schiff Hardin laid off seven current associates and retracted offers for four incoming associates yesterday, reports the ABA Journal...

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 ...

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