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#LMA25 Day 2 Keynote Recap: Forward Together – The Human Edge In An Era Of Rapid Change

Heather E. McGowan, a globally recognized future-of-work strategist and best-selling author, delivered a keynote that brought equal parts clarity, urgency, and inspiration to attendees of the Legal Marketing...more

Decipher Investigative Intelligence

Hiring to Fill an Office in 2025? Heed These Numbers

For the law firms that made headlines in 2024 by opening new offices, 2025 brings a new directive: filling these locations with profitable rainmakers. If you’re among the law firm leaders scouting talent in a new or growing...more

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Best Practices for Winning the War for Lateral Talent

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Lateral partner and partner group hires can provide a significant source of potential revenue growth for law firms by creating opportunities for new services, new clients, and expansion into new markets. Many law firms...more

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Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

If the statistics about high failure rates of lateral partners don’t persuade you, consider another barometer: the stress levels of professional liability insurers. Indeed, lateral hiring tops the list of issues that...more

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The Practice Group Leader’s Guide to Growth in 2025

Attracting and retaining talent is the No. 1 issue for practice group leaders, according to a Withum survey of law firm leaders. And sadly, in the same survey, just 36 percent of respondents described their practice group...more

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Building Confidence for a Successful 2025 and Beyond

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Well, 2024 flew by, didn’t it? This was a year of sometimes very long days bundled together into fast weeks and even faster months for many. We now find ourselves ready to close another 12-month chapter, take a quick...more

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Minding Your LPQs: How Firms Should Draft and Deploy the Lateral Partner Questionnaire

The lateral partner questionnaire (LPQ) should not be a mere formality – instead, it should be considered your first line of defense in lateral partner hiring. ...more

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Nine Actions Smart Law Firms Take in Q4

The fourth quarter presents law firm leaders with a critical period for addressing strategic planning, financial management, and compensation adjustments. However, firms that extend their focus beyond immediate financial...more

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The Fastest Path to Market Share: Why Law Firm CMOs Need A Seat at the Lateral Hiring Table

A majority of attorneys and law firm leaders say business development is set to get tougher, according to a survey by BTI Consulting. Yet many of these firms are making it harder on themselves: The Legal Marketing Association...more

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Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

Timing is everything, as the saying goes — and it certainly holds true when it comes to assessing the risk of lateral partner candidates. Indeed, Decipher Investigative Intelligence analysis reveals a significant trend:...more

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Law Firms Can Keep Lateral Partners With Support at Work, Home

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How can law firms attract, integrate, and retain top talent across all levels while gaining a competitive advantage? This is the proverbial question that remains top of mind for recruiters and business development...more

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Lateral Partner Integration Requires Business Development Plan

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How can law firms attract, integrate, and retain top talent across all levels while gaining a competitive advantage? This is the proverbial question that remains top of mind for recruiters and business development...more

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How Law Firm Leaders Help Their Teams Ring the Cash Register

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As soon as a new lawyer joins a law firm, they get wind of the fact that acquiring new clients and finding new work at existing clients are key to promotions and increased compensation. Likewise, lawyers who become firm...more

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A Year of Shifting Winds – and Some Thoughts for the Year to Come

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As we enter the final countdown to the end of 2022 – hard to believe another year has come and gone! – there are lessons to be learned from where we’ve been. This year might go down as the “year of shifting winds” for the...more

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Six ways content can supercharge your law firm’s recruiting efforts

Content can do more for your law firm than just marketing. It can level up your recruiting efforts. It is a great time to be an in-demand attorney. But not so much for those law firms recruiting—or trying to...more

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How To Rank Attorney Candidates

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The attorneys you hire to work in your law firm can make a critical difference. The better attorneys you employ in your law firm, the happier clients you will have. Having satisfied clients is vital when law firms are in...more

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Is a Small Litigation Firm Right for You?

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As law firm hiring season shifts into high gear, top students are faced with a plethora of choices. In addition to the traditional on-campus interviews (or their Zoom equivalents) by big-law recruiting departments, a growing...more

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[EP. 39 LEGAL MARKETING MINUTES - PODCAST] "The 3 Main Reasons For Using LinkedIn"

What should you do when someone sends you an invitation to connect on LinkedIn? You meet someone at an event or online and want to take that relationship to the next level. Do you connect and hope they begin to notice you? ...more

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Untruthfulness on a resume or job application

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Hiring new employees is a critical function of any law firm. To have a successful legal practice, they need the best legal and administrative talent possible to serve their clients. The reality, however, is that reviewing...more

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Intuition and Indicators

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Today we share our conversation with Evan Parker, a Ph.D. statistics expert and founder of Parker Analytics. Evan is ushering in a new era of data-driven decision-making for law firms by working with them to collect, assess,...more

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Law Firm Business Development: How Your Firm is Helping Other Firms Sell Their Services To Your Clients

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I was speaking with a sales person from a law firm a few weeks ago who told me the firm opened a new office in a new jurisdiction in the U.S. and their concern was about whether or not they will be able to attract talent and...more

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Lateral Recruiting: Improve Your Success Rate by Asking the Right Questions

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When it comes to lateral recruiting, it goes without saying that most firms aspire to improve their success rate. In the Above The Law article “6 Tips for Smarter Lateral Hiring,” author David Lat quickly prioritizes asking...more

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