Many firms are focused on internal issues at this time in an attempt to get their "house" in order for a myriad of reasons including client service; partner unrest; solidifying a base to move forward from; getting their financial affairs in order to be more attractive to potential merger partners; addressing legacy issues; compensation issues; etc.

While counterintuitive and not said as a business development promo, my hope for law firms in 2020 is that you make mistakes.

We agree that COVID-19 has resulted in various changes – some good and perhaps some not so good. There is an ongoing debate whether these changes are permanent or not...

We agree that COVID-19 has resulted in various changes – some good and perhaps some not so good.

We agree that COVID-19 has resulted in various changes – some good and perhaps some not so good.

Our understanding of the science of the brain in general and the differences in the attributes of male and female brains specifically continues to grow and evolve.

On May 8, the Managing Partner Forum 2014 Leadership Conference was held in Atlanta, Ga.

There has been a recent flurry of articles aimed at and about "millennial" lawyers -- but not many of these articles are written by millennials themselves.

Compensation schemes are historically a cyclable topic whose time has come around once again. It has been my experience that when law firms begin a review of their partners' compensation...

In August 2012 my column in Canadian Lawyer raised the issue of compensation systems being under siege. The column identified the following as some of the reasons why they were under siege at that time.