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New York Law Journal

New Year, Same Old Pressures for Smaller Law Firms

The ongoing consolidation trend in the legal industry has already helped shutter several small law firms in 2018, as partners take their practices to large and midsized shops.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mitch Burnstein Takes Over Weiss Serota Law Firm Leadership

Burnstein takes over from Jamie Cole, who will manage the firm's Fort Lauderdale office.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Steven Wingert Joins Lowndes Drosdick Law Firm as COO

Wingert replaces Terry Navin at the Orlando-based firm.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

4 Ways Law Firms Could Game the New Tax Law (But Probably Shouldn't)

Possibilities include becoming a C-corp, creating a holding company to license your firm's name, and turning associates into minipartners. But the best bet may be doing nothing.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Three Ways to Keep a Lawyer's Retirement From Being Scary

Every practice must decide for itself the criteria for determining when it is time for an attorney to transition, based on the demands and realities of the particular practice.
6 minute read

The Recorder

On the Move: Tracking the Ins and Outs of California Lawyers

Tracking new hires and partner promotions in California's legal community.
4 minute read

Law.com

The Law Firm Disrupted: PwC Will Take Your Client's Call Now

The global accounting giants continue to expand into legal services. Should you be worried?
7 minute read

National Law Journal

DC Leader Reprises Reed Smith Role After Office Head Joins Boutique

A. Scott Bolden is again managing Reed Smith's D.C. office after insurance litigator Gary Thompson left Big Law to battle insurers from a new perch at Weisbrod Matteis & Copley.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Editor's Note: Why We Created the Business of Law Forum

Our editorial team crafted a forum to bring together thought leaders on the tough questions facing the legal industry, all geared toward answering two broad questions: What needs to change and how do we do it?
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

From Pyramid to Pangea: A Hypothesis for the Future of Law Firm Talent

Law Firm Marketing columnist Marcie Borgal Shunk writes: As the connection between the billable hour and financial success becomes more tenuous, so too does the premise for advocating a highly leveraged business model comprised primarily of lawyers. The pyramid model the industry has grown to know and love may be coming to an end. What will surface in its place?
7 minute read

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