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Read more2021 ZGuide to Leading Law Firms
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August 2021
When Law Firm and Client COVID-19 Policies Don't Match, What Happens to Meeting Up?
Many firms are requiring their personnel to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but they can't ask the same of clients. Meeting with unvaccinated clients is especially a concern for lawyers with young children. Reduced travel is likely to mitigate the need for a firm policy on travel to client sites. Mary K Young comments that in many parts of the country, it likely won’t be an issue. In most major cities, like New York, Chicago and San Francisco, law firms are requiring vaccinations and in those places, their clients probably will be doing the same. There are certain cities in the southern United States where they never really closed down and pretended the virus doesn’t exist. Those could be problematic. Young says the likely outcome is a continuation of low travel policies most firms now have in place.
Read moreDecember 2021
State of the Profession 2021: BigLaw proved to be most resilient to COVID-19
As COVID-19 started spreading across the U.S. in the spring of 2020, Kent Zimmermann says he and his colleagues at Zeughauser Group fielded a steady stream of calls from worried law firm leaders. Kent observes that firms at that time were facing a threat of unknown magnitudes; some feared they were facing an existential threat. But by late summer, firm leaders were much more positive in tone than those at the start of the public health crisis. Most managing partners and chairs, from small to large firms, were seeking advice about how to accelerate their growth and ensure long-term success.
Read moreJanuary 2022
Big Law Is Back in the Goldilocks Zone
In this article, Peter Zeughauser reviews the growth of Big Law and outlines what may be expected in 2022, which looks to be another big year for those firms. Size matters. Large firms with high revenue, high margins, and high levels of profitability will likely continue to widen the chasm between themselves and the next tier.
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