November 20, 2024
Michael P. Maslanka, associate professor of law at UNT Dallas College of Law, advises that “everyone is an inherently effective public speaker given the right tools” and believes that a person can “embrace the authentic version of yourself, and step up to the podium.”
September 23, 2024
Joseph Froetschel, founding partner of Phillips Froetschel, represents injured individuals in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. When he’s not working as an attorney and adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Froetschel finds that using his vacation time to kayak during the summer taught him lessons that transfer into his trial lawyer life.
September 16, 2024
Business development consultant Yuliya LaRoe is a former attorney who founded consulting firm LeadWise Group to assist law firms, in-house legal departments and corporations solve personnel issues before it affects the bottom line of their business. As CEO, LaRoe realizes that most businesses will strategize a blueprint for business development success, but encounter difficulty transforming that vision into reality.
May 20, 2024
Associate attrition rates and hiring levels at law firms fell for the second year in a row in 2023, according to a recent report by the NALP Foundation.
April 23, 2024
As far as acronyms go, “PPL” doesn’t have the same recognition as some others in the law firm financial vernacular. And as a barometer of firm performance, profits per lawyer—a firm’s net income divided by its attorney headcount in full-time-equivalents–also doesn’t get the most attention. But should that change?
March 29, 2024
Big Law recruiters Johnson Downie and Lippman Jungers have merged. These search firms jointly announced in early March, combining recruiting networks in New York, California and Texas for a 20-recruiter national outfit that seeks to become the Am Law 20’s top headhunter.