Clients: Are You A Big Fish In The Pond?
Are you really important to your law firm? If not, might you be better off by being a premier client at a different firm? Those are two questions raised by Rees Morrison’s post “Be primary to a...
View ArticleNBA Centers Illustrate The Value Of Being Big
The Greatest American Lawyer has a very interesting post titled “Being Big Provides No Intrinsic Value To The Client At All.” GAL posits this question: So what value is there to the client in being...
View ArticleSelecting Outside Counsel
Check out this post by Tom Collins at morepartnerincome. Tom refers to an article by Bob Burns at Brouse McDowell in Akron, Ohio. Bob is a former inhouse attorney and has both selected and been...
View ArticleNew Targets For Clients
Thanks to my friend Dan Hull at What About Clients for introducing (at least to me) the concept of “muscle boutiques.” Top talent, small firms, lower overhead, no deadwood. Why should clients pay...
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Whoever Said “Good Grammar Costs Nothing” Hasn’t Read This
Dan Hull of What About Clients is the leader of the Good-Writing-Is-A-Necessity Bandwagon. See some of his posts here. But kudos to Michelle Golden of Golden Practices for keeping this critical topic...
View ArticleThe Case Of 1 + 1 = 5
Interesting post in Rees Morrison’s Law Department Management blog. Thoughts on Why Law Departments Retain Outside Counsel discusses several theories. First, brains vs brawn. This theory postulates...
View ArticleFor Law Departments’ consideration: Self Help is an investment in a solution
Ronald Reagan once famously said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” His quote tapped into our natural fear of both the...
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Results of Valorem Survey of In-House Counsel on Hiring Priorities
Valorem Law Group recently surveyed in-house counsel. A huge thank-you to the 42 in-house lawyers who responded. The question we asked was: When making a decision to hire a law firm to handle a...
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Valorem Honored to be Named to 2017 BTI Consulting Client Service A-Team
My Valorem colleagues and I are honored to have been named to the 2017 BTI Client Service A-Team. This is our fifth consecutive year to have been named to the A-Team. BTI’s identified the firms...
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