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.
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.
June 13, 2023
When law firms discuss adapting to changing business environments, they are often focused on external environments such as the bigger market for legal services and the regulatory landscape as a whole. However, the next time people are back in the office, take a second to stop and look around, and they may also notice the changing shape of tomorrow’s workforce.
November 11, 2022
Big Law’s huge fee hikes kicked-off the conversation around cost-effectiveness.
September 20, 2022
Investment fund practices for Big Law have not seen the decline that has affected mergers and acquisitions this year, with lawyers from top fund law firms saying things are as busy and competitive as ever.