Ronald H Shechtman

August 30, 2023 | Pro Mid Market

Ronald Shechtman, managing partner of Pryor Cashman and Pro Mid Market columnist, shares feedback from former Big Law associates who say they've found superior career advancement opportunities at the New York-based midsize firm. "At bigger firms, associates are siloed off, not part of the deal and not building relationships with clients. Here, I can be up front in deals—clients feel like I'm their lawyer and someone they can talk to," said on corporate associate.

By Ronald H. Shechtman, Managing Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

4 minute read

April 24, 2023 | Pro Mid Market

Enormous bonuses paid to Am Law 50 associates have limited career benefits compared to the up-close work experience junior lawyers can get at a midsize firm, argues Pryor Cashman's managing partner.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

4 minute read

January 09, 2023 | Pro Mid Market

With Big Law's planned rate hikes this year, midsize firm leader Ron Shechtman says firms in his cohort are in a position to reap the business of clients who get priced out of Big Law firms. "What especially impresses these prospects is the lack of leverage in the midsize model. Big Law pricing relies on leveraging associate hours vs. partner hours, but our firm and our peers have staffing ratios that lead to almost 1:1 partner vs. non-partner time," Shechtman writes.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

4 minute read

October 11, 2022 | Pro Mid Market

"As a midsize firm we have found ourselves perched comfortably between Big Law partners who crave our comparative agility and flexibility, and lawyers from smaller firms who see the midsize platform providing the potential to raise their ceiling and business development goals," writes Pryor Cashman managing partner Ronald H. Shechtman.

By Ronald H. Shechtman, Managing Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

5 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Pro Mid Market

Pryor Cashman managing partner Ronald Shechtman writes return-to-office mandates are prone to backfire, but midsize law firms can have a competitive advantage in pitching the advantages of in-office work to employees and the legal hiring market.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

5 minute read

September 13, 2021 | Pro Mid Market

In the stress of the pandemic, we could have been tempted to alter our approach and to police our partners' business development activities more tightly. But we didn't.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

5 minute read

March 08, 2021 | Pro Mid Market

Midsize firms were built to handle, and thrive in, ever-changing times.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

7 minute read

November 09, 2020 | Pro Mid Market

After months of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, we've all become familiar with the changes required in our daily lives and the challenges that businesses of all shapes and sizes are facing.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

7 minute read

February 03, 2020 | Pro Mid Market

Today's law students, associates, and partners take a less myopic approach to their recruitment—one that allows them to see, and appreciate, the attractiveness of midsize law firms.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

6 minute read

March 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Ronald H. Shechtman of Pryor Cashman takes a look at the place mid-sized firms hold in the legal market and the many advantages these firms enjoy.

By Ronald H. Shechtman

20 minute read