Dan Dipietro

September 09, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

4 minute read

September 22, 2011 | Law.com

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

1 minute read

March 11, 2011 | Law.com

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

1 minute read

August 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Early indicators suggest the legal industry may not be able to match 2011's tepid growth this year.

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

5 minute read

November 08, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Results from the first nine months of 2012 are in, and it appears increasingly likely that the legal industry will fall short of 2011's low single-digit profit growth, according to the latest report from Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group.

By Dan DiPietro, John Wilmouth, and Gretta Rusanow

6 minute read

February 06, 2013 | Law.com

Law firm profits increased by 4.3 percent in 2012, according to Citi Private Bank. But the factors in the fourth quarter that drove such a strong finish to the year (very strong collections, a spike in demand, and more moderate growth in expenses) may not be sustainable.

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

5 minute read

May 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Law firm leaders, particularly of Am Law 100 firms, should worry because the way the industry managed performance in 2009 is not replicable, and, over the last two years, The Am Law 100 suffered more than their counterparts in the Second Hundred.

By Dan DiPietro

8 minute read

August 11, 2008 | National Law Journal

Abandon the lockstep compensation approach toward associate pay in favor of a system that aligns pay with the performance of the individual associate and the firm, writes Dan DiPietro. A performance-based pay structure would go a long way toward helping firms keep top legal talent, and it would serve firms better financially.

By Dan DiPietro

10 minute read

March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Why 2012 could be even more challenging for firms than 2009.

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

9 minute read

November 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Citibank's midyear report finds that even before the market meltdown, firms' expenses were outpacing revenue gains.

By Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow

5 minute read