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:
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.