Strategic Planning

The strategic allocation of available resources is an imperative for achieving market leadership.

Leadership Development

Law firms that prioritize leadership and talent development earn back their investments with interest.

Marketing Planning

In an increasingly crowded marketplace where competition for clients grows more intense every day, law firms must think and act strategically at all times.

Client Service Interviews

Client satisfaction is a critical measure of a law firm's success and a prerequisite for market leadership.

Marketing Organization Design

In a challenging market, law firms need high-performance marketing and business development teams that drive growth and profitable revenue.

Management Consulting

To achieve market leadership, law firms must align their partnership structure, systems, and go-to-market strategies with one another and their strategic vision.

Mergers & Acquisitions

There is a reason why law firms considering a merger or acquisition turn to Zeughauser Group for advice.

Branding

Market leaders in every industry have one thing in common: a clearly defined brand.

Choose Market Leadership

Our clients are legal industry leaders who seek to outperform their competitors. They turn to Zeughauser Group to increase competitive advantage and profitability, enhance market position, and strengthen organizational culture. Our consulting bench includes former Global 25 law firm chairs, general counsel, and leading law firm CMOs.

2018 ZGuide to Leading Law Firms

Zeughauser Group's 2018 Pocket Guide to the American Lawyer Rankings of the Am Law 200 by Profits Per Equity Partner and by Value Per Lawyer; The A-List; The Global 100; and The Corporate Scorecard.

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November 2018

Law Firms Predict Mixed Business Impacts From Election Outcome

Which practices could see an uptick in work as the dust settles after Tuesday's midterms? Gwen Mellor sees significant opportunities over the next two years for firms with a Washington, D.C., presence and for law firms that have strong oversight and investigation practices.

April 2019

Law Firm Strategist Pulls Back Curtain on Trends, Drivers Impacting the Industry Today

Kent Zimmermann is one of the leading strategy advisors to law firms in the United States. Last year, he advised on each of the three largest law firm mergers to close worldwide. He is currently advising multiple firms on active merger discussions, and he is also advising three Am Law 25 firms on firmwide strategy. Here Kent offers some perspective on legal trends and the challenges and changes facing law firm chairs and managing partners.

May 2019

Marketers Should Help Steer Law Firms' Strategic Planning Processes

Marketing can and should be a critical partner in the strategic planning process from inception to implementation. The goal of every law firm should be leadership status in the markets in which it has chosen to compete. Most law firms recognize that they need strategic plans to help them achieve their leadership aspirations. Mary K Young discusses strategic planning as a process through which the firm identifies its most important markets, agrees to a vision for achieving leadership in those markets, and develops and implements a plan for achieving the vision. i.e. how a firm decides where it wants to go and how it will get there.