Midsize Law Firms Blog Posts

Opportunity Knocks: Balancing Knowledge-Sharing Needs with Security Requirements

When a client hires a law firm, there is an expectation that the firm will leverage its collective knowledge for the benefit of the client.…

Gwyn McAlpine January 21, 2020

The Lessons of Atrium: Innovation is Messy as Borders Blur Between Law Firms & Tech Companies

The overlap between software companies and law firms may be spreading, but not without casualties. The latest may be the many lawyers that had until…

Peter Colin January 16, 2020

Trends in the Lateral Partner Recruiting Market

Given all the changes in the legal market, one might assume that the lateral partner market would also be caught up in some level of…

Toby Brown January 15, 2020

Scaling Feedback to Fuel Growth: Betsy Miller & Tory Nugent of Cohen Milstein, (Part 2)

We continue our conversation with Betsy Miller and Tory Nugent, co-chairs of the Public Client practice at Cohen Milstein, about how they use feedback to…

Legal Executive Institute January 14, 2020

Fighting Back Fast: Artificial Intelligence Comes to Cybersecurity

Recently, more than $240,000 was stolen by someone pretending to be an executive at a British energy company. This event does not seem all that…

Don Philmlee January 13, 2020

Intersect 2020: Lessons from a Law Firm Pricing Master Class

MIAMI — Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the 6th annual meeting of the True Value Partnering Institute, which kicked off with an…

Bill Josten January 13, 2020

Using the Coaching Mindset to Drive Growth: Betsy Miller & Tory Nugent of Cohen Milstein (Part 1)

When Betsy Miller and Tory Nugent were appointed co-chairs of the Public Client practice at Cohen Milstein in 2017, their approach to cultivating talent and…

Legal Executive Institute January 07, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: “Success Is Bringing People Along” — A Conversation with Jason Barnwell, Assistant GC at Microsoft

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors January 06, 2020

2020 Report on the State of the Legal Market: From Incremental Change to Revolutionary Innovation

Ever heard of the “Fosbury Flop”? Whether you have or not, if you’ve watched the sport of high jumping anytime in the past 50 years…

Bill Josten January 06, 2020

Downfall of the “Up-Market” Strategy

“I am sorry, but your services are focused on very standardized low-value work, and our strategy is to move up-market.” As a legal tech salesman,…

Anders Spile December 18, 2019

Law Firms Feeling Headaches from Outside Counsel Guidelines, Struggling to Comply, Report Says

For law firms and their clients, Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs) are simply a fact of life. More than 80% of corporations reported they use some…

Bill Josten December 17, 2019

New Podcast: Black BigLaw Pipeline — How One Group of Black Attorneys are Advancing Diversity

Law firms are hiring more people of color but are less successful at retaining them, according to the recent Vault Diversity Survey. More than 22%…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color December 16, 2019