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28 Mar
Chicago Lawyer: The 2018 Largest Law Firms Survey and Lessons for Law Firm Growth

In the latest March 2018 issue, Chicago Lawyer published results from their 16th annual survey of Illinois’ largest law firms and spoke with managing partners at Chicago firms that have seen strong growth in recent years, including two of our clients Faegre Baker Daniels and Akerman. Faegre Baker Daniels, for example, has proven that they […]

Chicago Lawyer: The 2018 Largest Law Firms Survey and Lessons for Law Firm Growth
04 Mar Chicago Managing Partner Scott Meyers on Akerman’s Continued Growth
Chicago Managing Partner Scott Meyers on Akerma...

Managing partner of Akerman’s Chicago office, Scott Meyers, sat down with Crain’s to discuss the firm’s ...

26 Feb Majority of Houston-Based IP Boutique to Go to Polsinelli
Majority of Houston-Based IP Boutique to Go to ...

The “vast majority” of lawyers and staff from Houston-based IP boutique Novack Druce Connolly Bove & Quigg will be a...

17 Feb The Humbling Reality of Setting Up Shop in the Chicago Legal Market
The Humbling Reality of Setting Up Shop in the ...

Finding a foothold in the Chicago market isn’t as easy for the elite ‘big law’ firms as they might like to believe...

12 Feb The $1500 an Hour Lawyer
The $1500 an Hour Lawyer

Seeming to defy the laws of supply and demand, hourly billing rates at national corporate law firms have increased 3 ...

05 Feb Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues
Wave of IP Boutique Firm Mergers Continues

The frenzy of mergers between IP boutiques and national full-service firms shows no signs of abatement, The American Lawyer reports....

03 Feb ‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Increase in Lateral Partner Moves
‘Big Law’ Firms See Continued Incre...

Partner moves were at their highest count yet in 2015, the “strongest year since 2009 for lateral partner moves at big law fir...

29 Jan Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Service Midwest Firm
Chicago IP Boutique Loses Partners to Full-Serv...

Intellectual property boutique Brinks, Gilson, & Leone lost four litigation partners to Midwest-based Barnes & Thornburg las...

21 Jan Fortune 500’s Go-To Law Firms for IP Litigation
Fortune 500’s Go-To Law Firms for IP Liti...

Who do the Fortune 500 corporations turn to when they need intellectual property litigators?  According to a recent survey by T...

15 Jan ‘Big Law’ Firms Continue to Struggle as ‘Large Enough’ Firms Thrive
‘Big Law’ Firms Continue to Struggl...

The world’s largest law firms are still feeling the heat from their stagnated approaches, as discussed in last week’s po...

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