Biglaw Firm’s Managing Partner Wonders How ‘Sustainable’ Huge Lawyer Salaries Are
The good times can't last forever, can they? A 'reckoning' may be coming.
How To Keep Biglaw Partners Happy? Keep Them In The Dark When It Comes To Their Money…
The 'black box' awaits as Biglaw firms consider making the shift for partner compensation.
Why Law Firms Are Moving Beyond The Billable Hour
Explore 5 expert-backed reasons law firms are rethinking the billable hour and how legal billing software is leading the way.
What Are Biglaw’s Leaders Worried About? Money….
Some firms may soon be facing hard times.
A Closer Look At The 2021 Am Law 200 Rankings
The biggest Biglaw behemoths did well in 2020, but what about the firms one tier down?
A Deep Dive Into The 2021 Am Law 100 Rankings
Last year was a difficult year for so many industries but a shockingly good one for Biglaw, at least in terms of metrics like gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, and profits per partner.
How Did Biglaw Firms Fare Financially In 2020?
Pretty, pretty well, in terms of both revenue and profit.
Plugging The Profit Leaks: How Your Firm Can Stop Burning Money
Join the webinar on September 25th and learn some quick wins you can implement right away.
Breaking Down The 2020 Am Law 100 Rankings
The biggest Biglaw firms, ranked by gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, and profits per partner.
The Biglaw $1 Million Profits Per Partner Club Is Getting Bigger
The money keeps rolling in.
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Partnership?
A 'partner' isn't always a partner -- and maybe that's okay.
Non Sequiturs: 04.14.19
* "How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration." My review of Emily Bazelon's new book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (affiliate link). [New York Times Book Review] * When it comes to prosecutors, as former prosecutor Joel Cohen explains, it's all about discretion. [New York Law Journal] * Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) defends Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins's exercise of her prosecutorial discretion -- and argues that Thomas Turco's criticisms of Rollins are unfair. [Boston Globe] * Another ex-prosecutor, Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, is representing tennis star Naomi Osaka in the "repugnant" lawsuit filed against her by her former coach. [Tennis365] * Former federal prosecutors, many of them now partners at Biglaw firms, represent more than half of the defense lawyers in Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal. [Big Law Business] * High-stakes litigation is just one of many factors contributing to Biglaw's robust profit margin these days -- hovering around 40 percent, its highest value in almost 30 years, according to Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth. [Law.com] * Ronald Collins interviews Joan Biskupic about her latest judicial biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (affiliate link). [SCOTUSblog] * And speaking of SCOTUS, Will Baude believes that the death penalty "is justifiable and constitutional" -- but argues that the Court has not acquitted itself well in its recent handling of capital cases. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
How 8am LawPay Takes The Sting Out Of Legal Billing
Getting paid can be an arduous task. You should make it as easy on yourself and your clients as possible.
The $4 Million Man: Meet Trump’s Patent & Trademark Pick
If confirmed, he'll be taking a gigantic pay cut.
Why These Global 100 Numbers Should Scare The Bejeezus Out Of You
What do Dentons and Applebee's have in common?
The Global 100: Fractured Futures At The Richest Law Firms In The World (2017)
Uncertain times may be ahead of us given their financial performance.
A Step Backwards For Financial Transparency In Biglaw
A leader in transparency falls back into the pack.
How Much Do Partners Make At Williams & Connolly?
Another Trump nominee lets us look in on firm finances.