Law Firm Leadership

Words that may seem harmless can sow dissonance and create tension. Here are some alternatives.

Wendy Merrill | It’s lonely at the top — an inconvenient reality most managing partners feel but don’t want to admit.

Yuliya LaRoe | Practice group leaders fulfill four roles within a law firm. Here's an overview of the leadership and business skills needed to succeed.

Wendy Merrill | The only way younger associate attorneys will make money for your firm is if they feel the firm is invested in their training and success.

Wendy Merrill | To be an effective leader and astute business owner, you must reconcile fear with a willingness to take on risk.

Wendy Merrill | Suggestions for addressing the most common complaints about associates.

Wendy Merrill | It's common for firms to ask their biggest rainmaker to be managing partner. But is that the right move?

David and Karen Skinner | When you get your to-do list out of your head and into a visual system where everyone can see it, your practice will flourish.

You at Work Spotlight | Meet Manhattan real estate attorney Thomas D. Kearns.

Tea Hoffmann | Law firm leaders can learn valuable lessons from this very public trial of a once-prominent lawyer.