Fairfax Associates brings together the skills of highly experienced professional services consultants with particular expertise in law firms. Our Principals have advised professional firms since the 1980s and combine high-level strategic and analytical thinking with a profound understanding of professional firms and the way in which professionals are managed.
We work with the support of a number of researchers and analysts and we shape our team according to the demands of the engagement and our client’s internal resources.
Featured Insights
Defining a National Strategy
Based on our experience, there are at least three different paths to a national strategy, depending on a firm’s practice ...
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Measuring the Unmeasurable
Law firms must seek out more rigorous tools to measure and evaluate each partner’s qualitative contributions ...
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But We’ve Always Done It This Way …
Every firm likely has a sacred cow or two or three. The challenge, and the opportunity, is to make sure ...
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News & Events
Press Releases
Law Firm Mergers Skewing Smaller in 2019
Law firm mergers through the third quarter were down compared to last year, but still higher than the historical average, according to the merger research team at Fairfax Associates.
Fairfax In the Press
In Potential Pepper Hamilton-Troutman Sanders Merger, Scale Can Be a Strategy
Lisa Smith is quoted.
Speaking Engagements
Winds of Change: Advancing New Firmwide Profitability Models
Marketing Partner Forum, January 22, 2020