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Smaller Firms Tap Development Directors
Although most of the megafirms in recent years have invested in hiring associate-development teams to help coordinate programs and address work-life issues, such staffers are new for many midsize regional firms.
Retention Is a Midsize Law Firm Priority
Attrition problems have prompted midsize law firms to hire development directors -- a trend megafirms have already invested in. But the smaller firms are bringing in career professionals for another reason: "Midsized firms don't want to lose associates who want the training they feel like they'd be getting" at large firms, says one legal recruiter. Lewis and Roca managing partner Kenneth Van Winkle says his firm is hiring a development director to help associates and nonequity partners become full partners.Closing Attorneys See Red Over HomeBanc Mortgage's Bad Checks
Dozens of Atlanta-area real estate closing attorneys are scrambling after receiving $20 million or more in bounced checks last month from HomeBanc Mortgage Corp. Although Georgia law requires lawyers to wait until checks have cleared before closing a mortgage, in practice most real estate closing attorneys don't wait for the money to clear, instead closing when they have a check in hand. Now, some attorneys face possible bar violations, and are digging into personal accounts to cover HomeBanc's mistake.Faheys, Attorneys Object to Bar Award Going to Herndon
A groundswell of protests from the family of murder victim Anne Marie Fahey and the legal community could stop the Delaware State Bar from giving an award to Henry R. Herndon Jr. During convicted murderer Thomas J. Capano's trial, prosecutors said Herndon -- a partner where Capano was an associate -- knew Capano threatened Fahey, but did nothing, and so Capano was on his way to a pattern of getting away with wrongdoing that led to Fahey's murder three years ago.ABA Panel Says Web Presence a Must for Small Firms
A panel of attorneys at the American Bar Association's Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference in Philadelphia on Thursday did not tiptoe around their overall message: Small and midsized law firms in 2009 need to market themselves on the Internet.
ABA Panel's Verdict: Web Presence a Must
A panel of attorneys at the ABA's Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference in Philadelphia did not tiptoe around their overall message: Small and midsize law firms in 2009 need to market themselves on the Internet -- and the ones that don't are behind and risk losing credibility.
After 30 Years, Law Firm Advertising Is Slow to Change
Thirty years ago the Supreme Court ruled that even lawyers were entitled to free speech. In those early days of attorney advertising, law firms c