Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers
Several years ago I was beginning to coach a new group of 12 lawyers at a national law firm. The week before the first session, I received a phone call from one of the firm leaders. He asked:
Tom, (not his real name) is a lawyer with $5 million dollars of business annually. He has
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If you read my post on Tuesday, you know I had surgery that morning. The surgeon had come highly recommended and I am sure he did a great job. But, he’s also just a good guy. He knows how to interact with his patients.
Years ago, my old law firm only hired students in the…
If you haven’t read it, I recommend every law firm leader big firm or small, read the Georgetown Law and Peer Monitor Release 2015 Report on the State of the Legal Market.
There are many important takeaways. Here is one right from the first page, talking about what has happened since 2008:
Perhaps of
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My song for this Friday is the Simon and Garfunkel song: “America.” It begins with:
Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together
I’ve got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America
Before their last…