While talking to a law firm managing partner about a particular candidate for a director of professional development position, I was surprised to hear that the firm preferred to hire a lawyer for that job. In my 15 years following [...]
Earlier this month, Business Week jumped on the “law firms must adapt or die” bandwagon. This follows a story concerning the so-called travails of Mayer Brown in the New Republic with the patently ridiculous title, “The Last Days of Big [...]
As we approach the end of the year, law firms are focused on two major initiatives, collecting bills and determining partner compensation. […]
Remember when after the 2008 economic meltdown, some pundits were predicting that law firms based in Washington would benefit from the increased regulatory work, somewhat at the expense of New York-based firms. Well, it hasn’t turned out that way, and [...]
You want something done in Washington? Call Lyles Carr. He’s probably one of the best connected executives in town. […]
In a recent article in FCW, “Demand grows for data scientists”, the author, Frank Konkel, discusses how the addition of 2.5 Quintillion bytes of information every day to our current systems has affected the demand for data scientists. [...]
Principal Ivan Adler was quoted in The Hill about the value of Hill staffers with strong ties to House Speaker John Boehner. […]
Tim Ward, Principal at The McCormick Group Inc., recently had a Q&A session with Emily Mekinc from the Washington Business Journal about sequestration and the government contracting market. […]
Ivan Adler was quoted in Politico about the increasing wave of corporate CEOs approaching the Hill. […]
In a Q&A Interview with The Washington Business Journal, Tim Ward discusses the effect of sequestration on the hiring of talent in the government contracts space. […]