There is a major ‘squeeze’ on the law firm business model and it is not going away

“There is a major ‘squeeze’ on the law firm business model and it is not going away” is the title of an inimitable Edwin Reeser piece.

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Posted by on Aug 3, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models | 0 comments

BigLaw will remain and flourish

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Posted by on Jul 28, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models | 3 comments

The Jenga Don’t Lie: BigLaw Relies on the Whole of its Parts

The Jenga Don’t Lie: BigLaw Relies on the Whole of its Parts was first published in the Ontario Bar Association’s JUST. ‘Debatable’ column on June 16, 2016. Managing Editor, Catherine Brennan, introduces the piece as a perspective on an issue “that has boiled the blood of many a lawyer in recent years and has challenged our fundamental perception of our vocation: Is ‘Big Law’ dying or here to stay?’” Read why Mitch Kowalski says ‘Yes’.

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Posted by on Jul 25, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Business models | 0 comments

There’s Gold in Them Servers

In There’s Gold in Them Servers, Ken Grady tells the modern BigLaw version of an early Californian gold rush story.

On January 24, 1848, John Wilson Marshall was building a water-powered sawmill for John Sutter. The mill was close to Coloma, California, near the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Marshall was a carpenter who had emigrated from New Jersey. Although Marshall wasn’t looking for gold, he later claimed that he knew immediately upon seeing the flakes what he had found. 

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Posted by on Jul 15, 2016 in Analytics, BigLaw firms | 0 comments

A Strategy Playbook for Professional Services Firms

A Strategy Playbook for Professional Services Firms is the first evidence-based tool for developing and implementing strategy for any professional services firm. This is a tough call for the leadership of all firms. How can a big picture strategy be effectively developed, deployed and measured at the practitioner level? Here’s the answer.

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Posted by on Jul 2, 2016 in BigLaw firms | 1 comment

Missing Headline – Law Firms Tackle Client Disaffection

Missing Headline: Law Firms Tackle Client Disaffection is written by Mark Cohen and was originally published on May 19th, 2016 on the LegalMosaic blog. It is reproduced on Dialogue, the Remaking Law Firms: Why & How blog with Mark’s permission.

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Posted by on Jun 14, 2016 in BigLaw firms, Clients | 1 comment