All for One, One for All: Can This Firm's Compensation Policy Be Saved? - In this case study, a small firm with a Three Musketeers mentality reviews its compensation policies. Have the partners outgrown their all-for-one-and-one-for-all philosophy?
Publisher: ABA Law Practice Today     Author: Ronald L. Seigneur   

Ask Your Clients What They Want Before You Set Your Fees - During the first interview involving a new matter, the lawyer typically overlooks a most important question: Just what is it you really want in this case?
Publisher: LexisOne.com     Author: Jay G. Foonberg   

Attrition: What Do Associates Want? - In the majority of large firms, partners should be concerned, since recruitment and replacement costs for junior associates can easily surpass $1 million.
Publisher: Lawnewsnetwork.com     Author: Sara C. McManus and Ellen B. Barker   

Baby, Remember My Name - The financial deal is done. the firms are ready to merge. So let's break out the champaigne and ... whoops ... wait a minute. What are we going to call the new firm?
Publisher: ABA Law Practice Today     Author: Jay M. Jaffe   

Beyond the Billable Hour - The time-billing business model that currently dominates the legal profession is flawed. Someday in the not too distant future, law firms will shift from time-billing to value-billing.
Publisher: LexisOne.com     Author: Timothy L. Takacs and Gill E. Wagner   

Big Bucks, Low Morale, and Poor Retention - The legal profession has reached maturity. Law firms must reinvent themselves rather than merely react to the marketplace. Recent developments in associate compensation highlight the inability and/or unwillingness of law firms to take control and address the underlying people problems that more money only exacerbates.
Publisher: Hildebrandt International     Author: Hildebrandt International   

Blowing the Whistle: Will your corporate attorney be the new whistleblower? - Both attorneys and businesspeople need to be aware that Sarbanes-Oxley requires attorneys to report malfeasance by managers and employees of publicly traded companies. Attorney-client privilege may not be a shield in these cases.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Linnea B. McCord, JD, and Gia Weisdorn, JD   

Branding is Law Firms' New Buzzword - Just as they rushed to embrace "Total Quality Management" a few years ago, legal marketers now can't say enough about law firm branding.
Publisher: Lawnewsnetwork.com     Author: Jenna Greene   

Branding Your Law Firm - A Researched-Based Guide To Building Your Brand
Publisher: Greenfield/Belser Ltd     Author: Greenfield/Belser Ltd   

Brave New World of Practice Leadership - Three practice leaders offer their candid philosophies about successfully leading and working in groups.
Publisher: ABA Law Practice Today     Author: Patrick J. McKenna