Eating Your Way to A Great Client Base
There is an easy way and a hard way to develop a good client base in the legal profession. The hard way is to work extremely… Read More »Eating Your Way to A Great Client Base
There is an easy way and a hard way to develop a good client base in the legal profession. The hard way is to work extremely… Read More »Eating Your Way to A Great Client Base
I have observed over the years that it is an interesting aspect of human nature (or at least the nature of lawyers) that people tend… Read More »Our Firm Needs More Lawyers Who Are Just Like Me
Law firms being partnerships, someone must decide how to split the pie at the end of the year, and except in some small firms, the… Read More »Scrambling for the Largest Piece of Pie
Some years ago, there was an automobile manufacturer whose products had developed a reputation for breaking down. Rather than re-engineer the products, it launched a major… Read More »When it Comes to Mentoring, Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid
Whenever someone makes a pop culture reference to the 80’s, 90’s or 2000’s which I don’t get, I always say, “I was busy working.”
I practiced with a medium sized firm in Mississauga, Ontario, which many of you may be surprised to know is the sixth largest city in… Read More »When Does Size Matter?
The “organizing principal” and basic building block of law firm economics is the billable hour.
It is common knowledge that you do not learn anything about the business of practicing law in law school. So, here are ten things that… Read More »Ten Things that They Don’t Teach You in Law School