This is the second of a series of articles based on the recent DC Legal Market Briefing, held on September 20 by Sandpiper Partners and co-sponsored by The McCormick Group. Our earlier article addressed the decline in the importance of portable business. At first [...]
The Further Decline of the Portable Book Of Business is the first of a series of articles based on the recent DC Legal Market Briefing, held on September 20 by Sandpiper Partners and co-sponsored by The McCormick Group [...]
As anyone who works in lateral partner recruiting can attest, the information disclosed in the Lateral Partner Questionnaire (LPQ) has become a main determinant of whether candidates move forward. While we believe that these LPQs are an important part [...]
With salary disclosure laws in the news, there certainly has been a great deal of attention focused recently on whether employers can ask job seekers about their current compensation. In addition to the various jurisdictions that have passed legislation prohibiting such [...]
Financial results for law firms have been trickling in and, in a couple of weeks, The American Lawyer will publish its rankings of the 100 largest law firms in the U.S. As usual, candidates evaluating potential opportunities will focus on [...]
A recent article in Bloomberg Big Law Business detailed the increasing sophistication of Chief Operating Officers at law firms, pointing out that many of the new COOs have managed corporate organizations, other major professional services firms, and large government agencies. But [...]
An exclusive study conducted by The McCormick Group reveals a decrease in the number of Washington, D.C.-based Chambers-rated lawyers that switched firms as lateral moves in 2017. The study showed that of 961 lawyers rated by Chambers in its D.C. [...]
Much has been written about the imminent threat that the Big Four accounting firms pose to major U.S. law firms, particularly after PricewaterhouseCoopers launched its ILC Legal law firm designed to assist U.S. clients on international issues. Most of the [...]
Succession planning has been a relevant, if somewhat disconcerting and avoided, topic for a number of years. […]
Law firms sticking to the old “portable business” ratios in evaluating lateral partners find themselves losing ground. […]