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LATEST WALKER PUBLICATIONS
Wake Up Big Law: Innovate Your Litigation Practice for the Future
A strong litigation practice can have a significant impact on a firm’s ability to compete effectively as well as drive revenue for the firm in all areas of practice. According to BTI Consulting’s Litigation Outlook 2020, the U.S. litigation market is poised for its...
Fuel Your New York Growth With Real Estate
Many firms seem to view real estate as secondary in importance after corporate and private equity work when looking to increase profitability. In New York City, however, it is a missed opportunity, and some Am Law firms are proving exactly that. The law firms, Holland...
Do You Trust Your Firm Chairman? Why It Matters More Than Ever in Lateral Hiring
As the Am Law 100 firms continue to show strong growth, individual firms are focusing on hiring as one of their top strategies for improving revenue and profitability. The recession hit law firms hard, resulting in over 8,000 job losses among the Am Law 100 firms....
Wake Up Big Law: Innovate Your Litigation Practice for the Future
A strong litigation practice can have a significant impact on a firm’s ability to compete effectively as well as drive revenue for the firm in all areas of practice. According to BTI Consulting’s Litigation Outlook 2020, the U.S. litigation market is poised for its...
Fuel Your New York Growth With Real Estate
Many firms seem to view real estate as secondary in importance after corporate and private equity work when looking to increase profitability. In New York City, however, it is a missed opportunity, and some Am Law firms are proving exactly that. The law firms, Holland...
Do You Trust Your Firm Chairman? Why It Matters More Than Ever in Lateral Hiring
As the Am Law 100 firms continue to show strong growth, individual firms are focusing on hiring as one of their top strategies for improving revenue and profitability. The recession hit law firms hard, resulting in over 8,000 job losses among the Am Law 100 firms....
Wake Up Big Law: Innovate Your Litigation Practice for the Future
A strong litigation practice can have a significant impact on a firm’s ability to compete effectively as well as drive revenue for the firm in all areas of practice. According to BTI Consulting’s Litigation Outlook 2020, the U.S. litigation market is poised for its...
Fuel Your New York Growth With Real Estate
Many firms seem to view real estate as secondary in importance after corporate and private equity work when looking to increase profitability. In New York City, however, it is a missed opportunity, and some Am Law firms are proving exactly that. The law firms, Holland...
Do You Trust Your Firm Chairman? Why It Matters More Than Ever in Lateral Hiring
As the Am Law 100 firms continue to show strong growth, individual firms are focusing on hiring as one of their top strategies for improving revenue and profitability. The recession hit law firms hard, resulting in over 8,000 job losses among the Am Law 100 firms....
LATEST WALKER BLOG POSTS
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman Weil's...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman Weil's...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...
The Myth Behind Lone Lateral Partner Losses
Anyone who works in the Big Law industry has probably heard the myth that lone lateral partner hires are a waste of law firms’ time and money. First, the legend goes, more than half of all laterals fail to meet their new firms’ expectations. Having promised more than...
When a Smaller Firm is the Smarter Choice
These days, among managing partners of Am Law 200 firms, it’s rare that a week goes by without receiving a merger or acquisition offer. Law firms announced a record-breaking 79 mergers and acquisitions in the first three quarters of 2018, according to Altman Weil's...
2018 and Beyond: A Radical Turnaround in Lateral Associate Hiring?
Among Big Law associates, 2018 should go down as a banner year. A majority of Am Law 200 firms adopted sweeping pay increases. Several firms continued last year’s positive trends, including expansion of gender-neutral parental leave policies as well as remote-work...