Aric Press

June 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Let's start with one fact: There is now a $1.1 million gap between the average profits per partner of the top 23 firms on The Am Law 200, as ranked by PPP, and the average of the next 27 firms.

By Aric Press

16 minute read

June 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

2008 Edition

By Aric Press and John O'Connor

5 minute read

February 12, 2007 | Law.com

What's on the legal industry's agenda these days? Law Firm Inc.'s first survey of Am Law 200 chief operating officers shows that, when asked to predict what issues will demand a significant amount of their attention this year, 49 percent listed evaluating a possible merger as among their top three priorities. The others: evaluating practice group performance, and making greater use of business intelligence. Find out what else is on these COOs' to-do lists.

By June D. Bell and Aric Press

11 minute read

November 04, 2010 | Law.com

Working with a small group of Am Law 200 firms, Indiana law professor Bill Henderson -- who is already well known for his provocative analysis of firm data -- and his researchers are starting to take apart the urban legends that fuel the lawyer recruiting and promotion process.

By Aric Press

4 minute read

April 29, 2010 | Law.com

It could have been worse. That's the best that can be said for the performance last year of The Am Law 100, the top-grossing law firms in the nation. Three of four key categories -- gross revenue, head count and revenue per lawyer -- fell, while profits per equity partner edged up by 0.3 percent, the latter thanks to aggressive cost-cutting. On average, even the bad results weren't nearly as dire as many firms had feared just a year ago. But the tough choices are just beginning.

By Aric Press and Greg Mulligan

6 minute read

December 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

To a market that just keeps rolling, four factors may bring fundamental change. Someday.

By Aric Press

7 minute read

May 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

It's been a heady twenty-first century for law firms. The tech bust and the recession were just opportunities. M&A partners learned to restructure; lawyers with a freshman chemistry course under their belts became IP litigators. The mother lode of private equity capital finally came in off the sidelines. Litigation adopted OPEC-speak: Was the pipeline full for the next six, 18, or 24 months? To paraphrase the cartoon caption of the day: Teach a firm to fish, and it will eat for a day. Teach a firm to sue, a

By Aric Press

5 minute read