Dan Packel
Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
June 14, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Deja Vu for a Regional Stalwart?The spot that Boston's Burns & Levinson finds itself in feels distressingly similar to Philadelphia's Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis a year ago.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
June 06, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: With an Office Status Quo Established, Full Steam Ahead on Real Estate DecisionsIt's a good time to survey the year to date in law firm real estate and workplace trends.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
May 23, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: When Private Equity and Mass Torts Collide in the Same FirmSkadden served as deal counsel for an investment giant that had previously funded claims against a firm client. Such tensions may grow even more common as multistrategy investors look for new opportunities.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
May 17, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Trusting Gen AI to Minimize Risk? Your Malpractice Insurer DoesOne of the most risk-averse constituencies in an already risk-averse field is giving a green light.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
May 02, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: A Brewing Talent Fight, on a Broader BattlefieldTo maintain a competitive edge, law firms will need to recruit top minds in AI. But they're fighting with a larger crowd to land these talents.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 25, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Making Strategy in Big Law, and Making It WorkPartners need to be part of the process. But they can gum it up if they're allowed to focus on minor, internal concerns. Instead, the real prize is identifying big picture opportunities.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 19, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: For Office Attendance, is Music a New Carrot?Mayer Brown's Charlotte office has a record room—for listening to LPs, not storing boxes of documents.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 11, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: A Fight Over Names That Just Won't Seem To EndThe debate over how to refer to legal industry professionals without law degrees isn't a new one, and it maps onto larger concerns about a "caste system" in Big Law.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
April 09, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Dentons Ex-US Leader McNamara Exits Partnership for CEO Role at Industry Advisory ShopMike McNamara is now an equity partner as well as the first CEO at Baretz + Brunelle. He stepped down as the leader of Dentons U.S. in July 2021.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
April 04, 2024 | Law.com
The Law Firm Disrupted: Getting a Head Start on the Office of the FutureKatrina Kostic Samen, leader of Savills Workplace Studio, argues that the office is going to make a comeback. And she says that smart firms should start conceptualizing what this looks like now.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
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