Jae Um

April 24, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Power Rankings (Plus): Bionic Boutiques Are Already Uncoupling Dollars From Hours

Susman's dominant outperformance in 2023 is suggestive of broader and structural change arriving in the big leagues.

By Jae Um

3 minute read

April 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Power Ranking the Am Law 100: Flash Points Ahead

Facing market volatility and AI disruption, winning firms reinvest for renewal and reinvention.

By Jae Um

16 minute read

November 27, 2023 | Legaltech News

Build Versus Buy Will Never Be the Same Again, Thanks to Custom GenAI

The rise of the empowered user-builder heralds innumerable new ways of working for an in-house legal team. General counsel should identify their own paths to accelerate how this arrives in their legal function.

By Ed Sohn, Factor & Jae Um, Six Parsecs

6 minute read

April 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer

Power Ranking the Am Law 100: Who Won Out Through the Pandemic?

A retrospective on law firm pandemic performance sheds light on the future, and hints at a new model of success.

By Jae Um

15 minute read

April 26, 2022 | The American Lawyer

Kings of the Hill: Power Ranking the Am Law 100 Based on Momentum, Profit and Prestige

As firms fight for Big Law standing, a segmentation analysis of the Am Law 100 reveals shifts in the pecking order.

By Jae Um

15 minute read

April 20, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Resilient Firms Outperformed After 2008. Their Success Offers a Roadmap for 2021.

A dozen years of data since the Great Recession shows resilient law firms rose above the competition over the past decade. In the fraught present moment, history holds lessons for the latest competitive reset.

By Jae Um

13 minute read

April 20, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Position Isn't Destiny: Big Law's Rising Stars Show Growth Can Come From Anywhere

An analysis of 12 years of data since the Great Recessions reveals that outperforming firms can emerge from any region of the country—and any region of the rankings.

By Jae Um

4 minute read

September 20, 2018 | Law.com

ALSPs: Already Here & Looking Upmarket

Shifting more complicated workstreams to alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) may be the next tectonic shift in the legal market.

By Casey Flaherty and Jae Um

11 minute read

August 19, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Are Wall Street Firms Built to Handle Today's Financial Services Industry?

Three emerging trends in the financial sector have created a new competitive landscape for traditional capital markets-oriented firms.

By Jae Um and Nicholas Bruch

13 minute read

June 20, 2018 | The American Lawyer

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: A Post-Recession View of the Survivors

A decade later, we revisit the 2008 Am Law 200 for a look at how the Big Law game has changed. Spoiler alert: it's gotten much tougher to be a managing partner.

By Jae Um

15 minute read

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