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Schwabe Gets a Makeover: Innovation at a 126-Year-Old Firm

Graciela Gomez Cowger, CEO of Oregon-based Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, explains her firm's move to an industry-focused model and new governance structure.
7 minute read

Pro Mid Market

In Training Rainmakers, Midsize Law Firms Offer Flexibility, Resources and a 'Kick'

Philosophies toward and programs to hone the rainmaking abilities of lawyers vary from firm to firm perhaps more widely than on any other management…
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Playing Both Sides: Facing the Harsh Truth of Law Firm Service Duality

Recently, Hugh A. Simons wrote for American Lawyer an enticing argument advocating elite law firms increase their rates. In one striking comment, Simons suggests elite law firms jettison any and all commodity services.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm

Law firms should double down on their existing clients by focusing on client satisfaction and retention rates rather than billable hours and origination credits.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

That Big Law Merger You Just Read About? He's Behind It

Three Big Law combinations closed this week. It could be a record. And Kent Zimmermann should know: He advised firms in all three deals.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Saul Ewing Increases 2017 Revenue 43 Percent After Big Merger

Managing partner Barry Levin said the year was a "roaring success," despite the "dilutive effect" of the merger on revenue per lawyer and profits per partner.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cyber Attack Doesn't Stop DLA Piper From Big Gains in Revenue, Profit

DLA Piper grew revenue and profits in 2017 as the firms international arms performed strongly and it rebuilt from the cyber attack that downed its systems last summer.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Brings Together 2 Leaders, 2 Firms

Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner's transatlantic merger was notable for achieving financial integration. Its formation was aided greatly by the two women who led their respective firms and will now co-lead the combined entity.
4 minute read

The Recorder

SoCal's Best Best & Krieger Scoops Up 8-Lawyer Outfit

Jenkins & Hogin, a small firm headed by veteran city attorney Michael Jenkins and Christi Hogin, has agreed to be absorbed into large regional firm Best Best & Krieger.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Amid Gender Pay Gap Disclosures, Law Firms Keep US Data Under Wraps

Law firms are rushing to meet a deadline to disclose gender pay gap information, but the transparency ends at the U.K. border.
10 minute read

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