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Being a Solo Attorney Is Not the Problem - How You Explain It Is

One of the most common misconceptions I encounter among attorneys is the belief that once they leave a law firm and begin practicing on their own, their chances of returning to a respected law firm become slim or nonexistent.Nothing could be further from the truth.....

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Beat Attorney Burnout: Find Happiness in Legal Practice

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled How Attorneys Can Beat Burnout and Find Happiness in Legal Practice.The focus is on the critical human need for positive feedback and encouragement to sustain a successful and fulfilling legal career. The webinar explains how toxic or unsup....

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Attorney Career Success: Optimizing Your Process for Lasting Results

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled Attorney Career Success: Focus on Process, Not Results. The focus is on how shifting one's mindset from obsessing over immediate outcomes, like money or prestige, to building sustainable professional processes can dramatically transform a l....

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Building a Profitable Legal Career: The Power of Repeatable Work

SUMMARY:This is a transcript from one of my webinars titled The Profitability Process: Why the Most Valuable Legal Work is Work That Repeats Itself. The focus is on the critical importance of securing "repeatable work" to ensure long-term career stability and success in the legal profession. Rather ....

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Attorney Career Trends: What the Fastest-Growing Practice Areas Mean for Your Future

The legal profession is changing quickly, and attorneys who understand where demand is rising will have a major advantage in the years ahead. BCG Attorney Search’s report, The 20 Hottest and Fastest-Growing Practice Areas for Attorneys, arrives at exactly the right time. It highlights the practice....

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Brobeck, Phleger, & Harrison

First the bad news. Brobeck saw its profits per equity partner plunge 44 percent in 2001. The firm cracked the $1 mill....

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Broken Promises in Lateral Hiring

Lateral movement between major firms is an accepted fact of life in today's legal profession. This has been well documen....

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First Things First: Build Your Legal Career from the Inside Out

''Get a better recruiter.'' ''Get a better 'job.''' ''Go in-house.'' ''Take anything.'' ''Take only 'the best.''' If you....

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Bush v. Gore: Career Lessons from Campaign 2000

The twists and turns in this year's presidential race were enough to make anyone's head spin.If you are glad that the po....

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5 Strategies Lifestyle Law Firms Use to Compete in the Legal Market

For those lawyers who have practiced through both the heady hiring frenzy of the late 1990s and the resulting (and inevi....

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The Next Generation of Lawyers Is Here: Tips for Managing Millennial Attorneys

Law firms (along with the rest of corporate America) have their sights set on Generation Y, the coming-of-age individual....

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Achieving Career Success Even in a Downward Market | Tips & Strategies

We see it all the time: A graduate of a top law school (or wherever) joins a large, highly regarded law firm in a major ....

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Recent Law School Graduates: How to Hunt for a Permanent Legal Job and Get Help

It's November. The season is changing from fall to winter. First-year associates have just started their full-time legal....

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Finding Career Opportunities When the Job Market is Overwhelming: Strategies From BCGSearch.com

SummaryThe job market is a competitive one and many of us find ourselves in the midst of a flood of applicants vying for....

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Unemployed and Looking to Increase Marketability

QuestionAs I currently approach my 4th month of unemployment after being laid off from a major firm, I am wondering if ....

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Planning a Lateral Move as a Partner

QuestionCan you provide me with guidance as to how a partner should proceed when moving his or her practice to another f....

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Hiring During the Holiday Season

QuestionDo law firms generally have hiring freezes during the holiday season, or is this as good a time as any to aggres....

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Transitioning From the DA’s Office to Private Practice

QuestionI am a fourth year criminal prosecutor. How difficult is it right now to transition from a government position t....

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Planning to Relocate to Australia

QuestionI am a fourth year lawyer who is considering working overseas or possibly in Australia. What are the kinds of ch....

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Small Town Lawyer Wants to Move to New York

QuestionI am from Akron, OH, but I'd love to work in New York or Los Angeles. Do big-city firms only hire those whose pa....

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