Distinguished Leader: Charlie Platt
Partner, WilmerHale
October 17, 2019 at 11:08 AM
3 minute read
What are some of your proudest recent achievements? Serving as partner-in-charge of WilmerHale's New York office for eight years, and strengthening our sense of community, teamwork, and shared purpose, was an achievement that gave me great satisfaction. We increased our collaboration in developing new business, expanded our external presence in the legal and pro-bono community, recruited and integrated some exciting young partners, imagined creative new ways to use our office space more efficiently, and materially reduced some of our overhead costs. Most importantly, we transitioned this year to a new head of the office who is even more dynamic, and has a strong vision of how to continue to improve the office for the next eight years. So there is more to come that is even better.
What does it mean to be a leader? Being a leader of a law firm office means the ability to identify and maximize the strengths and contributions of every person in the office, while minimizing the impediments to achieving that goal.
Being leader also means identifying issues that have to be addressed collaboratively and building consensus in the office for solutions.
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