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The Legal Intelligencer

A Simple but Important Role in Diversity for Big Law

Sitting in a diversity and inclusion orientation session when I joined my firm as a first-year associate in the fall of 2014, I quickly became reacquainted with the low numbers and low retention rates of diverse associates at big law firms generally, statistics I was only previously aware of in the abstract.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Young Lawyers: Try to Find the Right Balance in Your Career Now

It's no secret that work-life balance is difficult to strike in many professions. Especially as lawyers, we have consistently demanding schedules that never seem to stop.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Young Lawyers: We Need Your Questions for a New Q&A Advice Column

Attention Young Lawyers! Send in your questions for a new Q&A advice column for the Young Lawyers' page in The Legal Intelligencer.
1 minute read

Law.com

Breakthrough Thinking: How to Discover and Drive Motivation in Business Development and Lead Attorneys to Greater Prosperity

Despite all the strategic planning CMOs may devote to individual attorney coaching and training, it is often not enough to support the lawyer client in connecting the dots of relationship building, reputation enhancing and contact management over the course of a career to make a remarkable difference.
8 minute read

Pro Mid Market

What Mid-Size Law Firm Attorneys Can Learn From Michael Avenatti

In my many years of working with high profile cases and trial publicity, I have come across only a handful of lawyers who are exceptional at using the court of public opinion to influence the outcome of matters in the court of law. Like it or not, Michael Avenatti is one of them.
11 minute read

Pro Mid Market

What Mid-Size Law Firm Attorneys Can Learn From Michael Avenatti

In my many years of working with high profile cases and trial publicity, I have come across only a handful of lawyers who are exceptional at using the court of public opinion to influence the outcome of matters in the court of law. Like it or not, Michael Avenatti is one of them.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Billable Hours for Promoting Legal Tech and Operations? That's Reed Smith's Plan

The newly adopted 'Innovation Hours' program initiative gives attorneys up to 50 hours of billable hour credits for putting time in new innovations.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rainmakers-in-Training Need Time to Train, Experts Say

"The best place to meet clients is where the clients are," said one law firm partner.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Stormy Daniels' Made-for-TV Lawyer

It's not just you: Michael Avenatti is on TV constantly. But in an era where cable news is our town hall and Twitter our forum for public discourse, Avenatti—with his bronzed skin and tailored suits, dispensing sound bites or yelling that his opponents are thugs—shines.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Five Unique Traits of Major Rainmakers: It's Not Only About Legal Excellence

During the past 35-plus years in the legal profession, I have seen some truly superstar producers in action. I have had the privilege of working alongside several, have been a client for a few during my in-house career, and have placed some standouts during my recruiting career.
12 minute read

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