Lawyers Should Learn to Talk Business
Ditching the legalese has its virtues and, for some GCs, it’s a requirement: “Lawyers are so famously fluent in their own jargon that the rest of the world has furrowed its brow and given this…
Law Firms
Two Step from Law Firm Life to an In-House Gig
Some law firm associates looking to move in-house may need to practice their dance moves to increase their chances, as Alexis Lamb, Esq., a Managing Director of the Princeton Legal Search Group relates in a recent…
Best Practices in Selecting Outside Counsel
Law departments of all sizes invariably need outside counsel on a regular or project basis. Whether it is to fill gaps in expertise or to handle a material transaction or litigation matter, outside counsel can…
Selecting law firms to propose on your work
Selecting Law Firms to Propose on Your Work By James J. Stapleton, Managing Principal of LEAP Legal I have known some very successful law firm partners who feel that the most important question during the proposal…
The RFP for Outside Counsel
RFP for Outside Counsel – Basic Elements Every RFP for outside counsel contains some basic elements, as follows: Description of services (what your company needs). Desired pricing format (fixed, time & expense, contingent, hybrid, etc. and…
How law firms want you to select a new firm and how you should do it
By James J. Stapleton, Managing Principal of LEAP Legal Here’s how law firms want you to engage in selecting a new law firm. They want you to: 1) Be exposed to their firm in a variety…
How law firms exert control over the legal vendor selection process
By James J. Stapleton, Managing Principal of LEAP Legal Like many people who work on behalf of in-house legal departments, I started my career with major law firms. Over the past decade, I was responsible…
Advice to Law Firm Partners Considering Going In-House
Law Firm Partners Going In-House – Background People often ask me what trends I’ve seen in my 31 years of legal recruiting. I usually start off the list by mentioning the diminishing attraction of the…
The 5 Deadly Sins Of Outside Counsel
How does your law firm select outside counsel? What are the deadly sins that outside counsel commit that would disqualify them or at least make them less likely to get your business? I worked at…
Drawbacks to In-House Life?
Biglaw attorneys look at in-house life as the promised land, but is it really? Mark Herrmann at AboveTheLaw gives his thoughts on a few drawbacks to in-house life: …But there are occasional drawbacks to working…