News & Events
News & Events
Responding to Change
Smith & Williamson, London, October 2012
The Challenges of a Changing Law Firm Economic Model
Georgetown University Law School, Washington DC, October 2012
Compensation Workshop
Georgetown University Law School, Washington DC, September 2012
Future Think and Innovation
LMA, Los Angeles, September 2012
Mergers & Integration
LMA,Los Angeles, June 2012
Strategic Planning for Lateral Growth
Legis San Francisco, June 2012
Strategic Considerations for Leading Law Firms
2012 and Beyond
Washington DC
Meeting Clients’ Changing Expectations
Thomson Reuters, London, November 2011
As BigLaw Explores New Pay Systems, Some Carry More Risk
Lisa Smith is quoted: Most often, firms are somewhere between black box and totally transparent, and many are finding what they view as a happy medium on that spectrum, according to Lisa Smith, a law firm strategy and management consultant at Fairfax Associates.
Legal Professionals Want to Keep Working From Home, but Will That Last?
Lisa Smith is quoted “I think people miss it more than they expected,” she said.
As Workforce Scatters, Onus Falls on Practice Group Leaders to Keep Firm Culture Intact
Kristin Stark is quoted discussing how practice heads are serving as “mini-managing partners” as law firms fight to maintain business continuity and ensure cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.