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'The Running Feels Like the Work': An Informal Mentoring Relationship Forged During Marathon Training

Susman Godfrey partner Mark Hatch-Miller and associate Betsy Aronson discuss the benefits of preparing for this weekend's New York City Marathon with a colleague.
5 minute read

Law.com

Cloud Marketplace: Stretch Your IT Budget By Partnering with Legal 

By leveraging cloud marketplace solutions, the IT department can help the corporate legal department — and the business as a whole — get more from its software budget.
5 minute read

Law.com

Lack of a Succession Plan Can Lead to the Death of a Law Firm

Firms with aging managing partners should develop a succession plan for transferring clients and management responsibilities (over a five-to-ten-year transition period) to the firm's younger attorneys.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judo Not Boxing: Scoring Trial Points Through an Opponent's Expert Witness

"I think the key here is to pick your battles and be brief, be brilliant, and be gone," said Hilary Fox, an in-house attorney with Allstate in Minnesota. "Just get in, get out. Don't ask the one question too many."
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Why This Midsize Firm Decided to Take Trial Training In House

Mona Hanna and Tim Gorry of Michelman & Robinson explain why their firm of just about 80 lawyers designed and implemented its own trial advocacy training program, capped with a mock trial presided over by a retired judge with real jurors.
7 minute read

Law.com

New Partner Training Is a Key Component of Law Firm Success

Training new partners helps them develop the necessary skills to become successful attorneys and eventually leaders in their firms. This investment demonstrates the commitment the firm has to the young partner which will reduce attrition and enhance engagement.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

5 Tips for Regaining the Attention of Mind-Wandering Jurors

Research has shown that people spend nearly 50% of their waking time thinking about something other than what they're doing at the moment. Seattle prosecutor Raam Wong has some tips for dealing with that phenomenon in the jury box.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Don't Be a 'Tilting-at-Windmills' Litigator

Litigation occurs because parties are in a dispute. But not every issue, position, argument, and fact needs to be litigated to resolve the dispute. Parties often fight over issues that do not matter, and sometimes don't even exist. This article offers pointers for staying on the right course.
10 minute read

Law.com

Billing Harmony: 5 Tips for Crafting Clear Billing Guidelines

Clear billing guidelines are essential for effectively managing client relationships and preventing costly and time-consuming billing disputes. Let's explore the key elements that should be included in law firm guidelines, tips for presenting them to clients and how practice management software can simplify creating, implementing and managing billing rules.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

A Case Study in Getting an Associate Stand-Up Experience in a High-Stakes Trial

Shook, Hardy & Bacon partners Charlie Eblen and Eric Hobbs had associate Caroline Gieser sitting third chair when they brought home a $189 million jury verdict for home security client CPI Security Systems in a trial showdown with rival Vivint Smart Home earlier this year.
7 minute read

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