Mark Herrmann
Mark Herrmann spent 17 years as a partner at a leading international law firm and is now responsible for litigation and employment matters at a large international company. He is the author of The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law and Inside Straight: Advice About Lawyering, In-House And Out, That Only The Internet Could Provide (affiliate links). You can reach him by email at inhouse@abovethelaw.com.
Posts by Mark Herrmann
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Government
Compliance And The Deep Freeze In Texas
Preventing disasters is a thankless task. No one ever notices when a disaster is avoided. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
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Government
Impeachment, McConnell, And The Idea Of 'Relentless Dissents'
McConnell voluntarily chose to relentlessly dissent, and thus voluntarily chose to acquit Trump. -
Government
Trump As Witness, At An Impeachment Trial Or Otherwise
You thought Trump on the telephone was bad? Trump as a witness will be a true disaster. -
Government
Impeachment: Senators, Oaths, And Immortal Souls
Please step back and think first about an oath. -
Biglaw
Trial Lawyers Skew Democratic: What Does That Mean For Trump?
Suing Trump would attract an awful lot of attention for a trial lawyer. -
Government
A Country, And A Mind, Divided: Two Posts In One
Columnist Mark Herrmann’s mind is divided by the state of society, so he writes two remarkable contrasting posts in one. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Government
Storming The Capitol: A Few Thought Experiments
Every American must read Mark Herrmann’s breathtaking thought experiments about last week’s assault on the Capitol. -
Biglaw
Predictions For 2021
Continuing his annual tradition, columnist Mark Herrmann makes his predictions for the coming year. -
Government
Entertaining Ourselves In The Days After Trump
We now have three more weeks of excitement: Who else will Trump pardon? -
Government
The Remnants Of Jim Crow In This Year's Election
Poll workers should not post voter information on the wall. -
Government
Profiles In Cowardice
Columnist Mark Herrmann thinks about presidents modeling behavior, whether it’s masks in 2020 or telling the truth under oath in the late 1990s.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Health / Wellness
Beware The Ides Of January: A COVID-19 Warning
Some projections suggest 4,000 deaths per day in the United States, or one person dying every 30 seconds. -
Government
Can Trump Be Indicted For Electoral Coercion?
Columnist Mark Herrmann analyzes the statute that makes it a crime for presidential candidates to strong-arm people for votes. -
Government
If Biden's Incapacitated, Harris Succeeds, Which Could Cause Utter Gridlock
My little thought experiment reveals just how nervous I am about partisanship in America. -
Biglaw
Thoughts On A Criminal Prosecution Of Trump
If you think about the politics of this, you'll give yourself a headache. -
Government
The Silver Lining Of Our Election Cloud
I offer one silver lining of this election that I'm pretty confident about, and one about which I'm less sure. -
In-House Counsel
Donald Trump, Not Suing, And The Streisand Effect
Pity the poor lawyers in the White House. -
In-House Counsel
Handling The Media
You do not want it to be one hit, followed a couple of days later by another hit, followed by another and another and another as the corporation staggers on.