Law Partners

Does your firm have a policy that requires timesheets to be completed earlier than month end? If so, are there real consequences (tied to comp or promotions) if you don’t abide by it?

What’s your firms hours requirement? We’re in Midwest and I’m hearing that 1800 hours could now be higher than norm. ???

My firm is merging with another and we are looking to reassess our practice management software. We are looking at Zola, Practice Panther, and the costly Firm Central. What do you use and what's t… more

Any advice on dealing with a particularly critical client? I’m confident in the work I and my partners do. I think we add value and are great at what we do. I have a client who just attacks everythi… more

Hi everyone- I am a NE partner at a Work Comp firm. I’m considering moving into a County Council (CC) position. There are a lot of considerations and one being I’ll make a lot more money initially at … more

My small firm recently hired an associate who will be working on my team. I interviewed the associate and liked her, but others were the most enthusiastic about hiring her. This associate worked direc… more

Our mid-size (35 lawyer) Midwest law firm is creating a new position for a Business Operations Manager. We have historically managed ourselves through a Board. No managing partner. This new position i… more

I'm a partner at a mid-size firm, considering an opportunity to move in house at an early stage private equity firm. Beyond economics, how would you evaluate this opportunity?

What is the policy at your firme for " side busines"? I have a close friend who wants my help in dealing with a transaction ( basically helping him with drafting the documents) with a big in… more

Due to wfh, we are going virtual for files. No redwelds. Not having paper makes me nervous but I recognize I need to adapt. Anyone have tips they’ve discovered to help the transition? For context, we … more

What’s the best advice you ever received about growing a law firm?

Anyone here have colleagues that refuse to retire?

Do any of you read the associate posts in the biglaw bowl? Do you have any ideas about improving morale?

I am in a small 10 person firm, 3 partners, big midwest city. All of us are wfh and will continue likely through at least 1/2 of 2021. Partner 2 said in june that P2 was loving wfh, which I am fine wi… more

I have a client in Barbados who needs a Family Law Specialist in New York, can you give me any recommendations?

Tips on how to deal with associates and support staff that have clearly regressed during this wfh period? When is it time to start letting them go?

Most difficult aspect of continuing to work from home during the pandemic?

Any youngish partners relocate to another state? Would love to move and can probably stay with my same firm but worried about my ability to maintain my growing book of current clients as well as deve… more

Hello all, I am a partner of new small law partnership and we’re still trying to figure out the business side of the practice. For partnerships, are you splitting everything 50/50?

If you are, do you ever feel as… more

What is the hourly rate for a contract law clerk, graduated law school but hasn’t sat for bar yet.

Any ideas on pr/networking during the Covid times? No more social events, less/zero traveling and meetings... I am focusing on webinars and calls, but the best opportunities used to come from real mee… more

So I just did my first post-Covid client dinner. Was at their initiation, not mine. I normally really enjoy, but could not stop watching the spittle and food particles flying across the table. I re… more

I keep getting surprised each month by our firm financial reports indicating we are relatively on track with our pre-Covid budget, while also watching our overall billable hour numbers for the year co… more

For those of you in states that are starting to open back up, any thoughts/reservations/pressure to start back with client development happy hours/dinners?

Is anyone else surprised by the relatively small number of Biglaw firms that have put out a statement on the current race crisis? I’m very appreciative that my firm did, but according to the Above th… more

Anyone else dreading the weekly internal partner “catch-up” calls/web-conferences where people go around the horn to talk about all of their new and glamorous work. I hope my partners really are gett… more

Any tips on how to be an effective mentor to Junior Associates during this WFH period if we can't have more facetime?

So glad I discovered this bowl! How do you think the pandemic has been affecting life at your firm?

Unless I am missing something, most law related bowls seem like a great resource for associates to compare notes with other peer associates, or to get partner and in-house counsel input on associate q… more