September 10, 2024
Adriana Paris, author of “The Chill Lawyer,” is a legal recruiter at Rissman in Florida but had practiced law for ten years prior to switching careers to work in professional development. Paris notes that while the legal profession is “plagued” with lawyers who are stressed and feeling stuck, there are ways for an attorney to ensure that they can create a career in law that they love.
September 3, 2024
Steve Fretzin, host of the “Be That Lawyer” podcast and author of four books on legal business development, and Wayne Pollock, founder of Copo Strategies, and the Law Firm Editorial Service, offer advice to associates and partners on how to become a rainmaker in private practice by paying attention to the business development side of the legal industry.
August 27, 2024
Stacy Bratcher and M.C. Sungaila recently shared the top insights from their podcasts on succeeding in a career as an in-house attorney. Bratcher, general counsel of Cottage Health, hosts The Legal Department podcast and Sungaila, partner at Complex Appellate Litigation Group, hosts The Portia Project. Their top ten tips include:
August 26, 2024
Law firms are on track to post “one of the strongest years we see” in 2024, according to a report this week, after notching demand and productivity growth as well as double-digit revenue growth during the first six months of the year.
August 1, 2024
The largest firms in the biggest cities have been “picking their heads up” again on the lateral market, and they are seeing opportunities in corporate, finance, white-collar and investment management and funds work.
July 9, 2024
Attorney headcounts at the 500 largest law firms in the United States continued to grow in 2023, though growth rates subsided to pre-pandemic levels after accelerating in 2022.