Joel A Rose

April 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Partners in law firms of all sizes and specialties are able to articulate the benefits derived as a result of implementing mentor-protege programs as part of a firmwide career development initiative. However, for a variety of reasons, in the majority of firms, mentor-protege programs have not been implemented with success.

By Joel A. Rose

9 minute read

January 21, 2011 | Law.com

Motivation is essential to drive a lawyer's commitment to bill and collect, notes consultant Joel A. Rose. But, without the proper skills this commitment can lie idle. Rose lists nine essential billing and collecting skills that he says all attorneys must learn.

By Joel A. Rose

7 minute read

July 17, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Today's higher associate-compensation levels have exceeded possible hourly rate increases that may be passed on to clients. As the result, the independence of associate compensation from the hourly rates charged to clients demonstrates the dynamics of two distinct and important markets at work.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

July 26, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law partnerships are fragile, volatile enterprises that can easily become unglued, regardless of how careful the partners were at the outset or how financially successful they become.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

August 03, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The difference between a financially successful and a marginally successful law firm may very often be traced to how well the combination of its leadership/governance (policy determination and implementation), culture, partner compensation system, and client base brings out the energies and talents of its attorneys.

By Joel A. Rose

6 minute read

August 07, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Too many lawyers in private practice are frustrated in achieving their personal and professional objectives because of the absence of sound management and administration of their firms.

By Joel A. Rose

7 minute read

January 04, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Everyone knows that the managing partner's role is an important one, but in today's highly competitive environment, is the scope of that role generally understood?

By Joel A. Rose

6 minute read

November 01, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

There is a plethora of information available about managing law offices in which authors of books, articles and speakers at seminars describe the expanding role of lawyer management, says Joel A. Rose. But information is not readily available about what, specifically, managing partners and members of management committees should do to coalesce their partners, associates and staff into a well-managed and informed organization, with all of the professional and administrative personnel working together to achieve the firm's immediate and long-term objectives.

By Joel A. Rose

9 minute read

May 17, 2011 | Law.com

High-quality law firm leadership cannot as easily be replaced as retained. Therefore, a firm must be prepared to reward its managing partner for his or her success in as many different ways as success is measured by a particular law firm, notes consultant Joel A. Rose.

By Joel A. Rose

7 minute read

October 15, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

In recent years the legal profession has witnessed an increasing number of dissolutions, split-offs and mergers among law firms everywhere and the trend does not appear to be diminishing. More often than not the underlying factors involve the economics of

By Joel A. Rose

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