News & Events
News & Events
Change Management in Law Firms
Legal Lab, HBR Consulting, April 2015
Partner Compensation Webinar, February 18 2015
Lisa Smith and Kristin Stark will be conducting an ALA webinar on the topic of Partner Compensation on February 18, 2015 at 3 PM EST.
New Metrics
US Law Firm Group, Miami, FL, February 2015
ALA National Conference, Nashville, May 2015
Kristin Stark and Lisa Rohrer are presenting at the ALA National Conference in Nashville on the topic “Lessons Learned from Law Firm Failures”. Please see (http://www.alanet.org/conf/2015/edsessions.asp) for more information.
Partner Compensation Workshop-2014
One Day Workshop
Washington DC, October 2014
Time for New Metrics
ALA Business of Law Conferences, Fort Worth, TX and Philadelphia, PA, October 2014
Time for New Metrics
ALA Business of Law Conferences, Portland, OR and Chicago, IL, September 2014
Partner Compensation Workshop, 22nd October, 9am-5pm, Washington, DC
This workshop provides a forum to focus on difficult and pressing compensation issues with other law firm leaders and Fairfax consultants. In addition to learning new approaches to compensation processes and structures, the workshop will also include a Client Panel discussing performance management and compensation and a compensation case study focused on change management.
For the Am Law 100, Mergers Don’t Always Mean Immediate Results
Lisa Smith is quoted. “The risk is always if the group splits – that people will make their own choices and say, ‘There may be a deal, but I’m a free agent,'” Smith at Fairfax, says.
The Rise of the Mega Firm: Legal Departments Face Difficult Questions Amid Law Firm Mergers
Lisa Smith is quoted. “An interesting aspect of this [M&A activity] is that you may have fewer choices,” Smith says.
Small Law Firms, Solo Lawyers Strain for Relief in $350B Pandemic Loan Program
Lisa Smith is quoted. “Every firm I have spoken to that meets the size criteria says they’re applying,” said Lisa Smith, a principal at the law firm consultancy Fairfax Associates. “You can probably throw a dart to any firm with 200 lawyers and probably find one.”
‘It’s a Full Stop’: Law Firm Mergers Slow Amid COVID-19
Lisa Smith is quoted. “From what we’ve seen, most of the discussions that were happening have had to be put on hold. A lot of it does rely on face-to-face meetings,” Smith said. “For good reason, firms are very much focused on business continuity and operating their firms successfully. The ability to have the bandwidth to look at merger discussions as well as manage a business effectively just isn’t there.”
