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Law Firm Client Service Plunges — 7 Reasons Why

Every year, we ask more than 300 corporate counsel about the law firms they recommend to a peer — no name, prompts, or suggestions provided. It’s all organic. The results: Only 35% recommend their primary law firms to a peer — down from 69.1% a mere 4 years ago. This…

Michael RynowecerApril 24, 2024

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64 Law Firms with the Most Improved Client Service

These firms are making a bet. They are betting investments in client service in a perceived fragile market will deliver immediate and lasting value — both strategic and financial. Only 64 law firms managed to improve client service performance in 2024 — according to corporate counsel. This equates to just…

Michael RynowecerApril 17, 2024

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36 Vexing Problems Facing Clients: Everything Else is Low-Rate Noise

Novel and complex legal needs are rapidly eclipsing the straightforward and difficult needs. The law firms snagging this work learned quickly how to pivot and change strategies. Their client feedback gave them early insight into new needs and these firms developed new business tactics. They target corporate counsel’s most vexing…

Michael RynowecerMarch 13, 2024

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All 121 Law Firms Best at Meeting Novel, New, and Strategic Needs

Complex, new, and novel matters are driving the market — as are transformational and strategic M&A. These create new demands for clients — who are enjoying the challenge — and their outside counsel. These new demands include the ability to: Serve as the source of new ideas Develop brand new…

Michael RynowecerMarch 6, 2024

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9 Reasons Clients Remember Pitches and Meetings

You want to make an imprint. A positive imprint. You want to be remembered. Being remembered means getting hired. Corporate counsel hear a lot of pitches and talk to a lot of attorneys — an average of 22 a month at last count. They report hearing a lot of noise…

Michael RynowecerFebruary 28, 2024

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3 High-Performing Practice Leaders Share 5 Tips and Secrets

Practice Leaders agree and disagree on a lot of things. But when 3 high-performing practice leaders agree, it’s a learning moment. I enjoyed having an insightful panel discussion with Rich Moche of Mintz, Tom Schulte of Clifford Chance, and Philip Sellinger of Greenberg Traurig at the Practice Management 2.0 Conference…

Michael RynowecerOctober 10, 2018

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Top 7 Client Innovation and Technology Needs

Two viewpoints dominate innovation—clients and law firms. The gap between the 2 is large. Clients say only half of all law firms are showing any sign of innovation. The law firms who are among the first to close this gap will win the innovation race, or at least take the…

Michael RynowecerSeptember 12, 2018

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The 52 Law Firms Clients Single Out as Best at Innovation

Who knew. Law firms are innovative. Well, at least half of them are, according to top legal decision makers. Clients point to 338 law firms who bring a meaningful innovation or use of technology. But, most firms bring only select aspects of client needs and priorities. These firms are on…

Michael RynowecerSeptember 5, 2018

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The Goblins Ruining Law Firms’ Halloween

A stealth bomber jaggedly progresses along an undetectable path through the night sky. Ultra-sophisticated infrared and other technology map its course through the darkness. An intricate combination of materials, ultra-smooth surfaces and technology shield the remarkable machine from radar detection. Inherently unstable, early stealth aircraft seemed to wobble as they…

Michael RynowecerOctober 26, 2016

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4 Innovative Actions to Add Outsized Value Today

You can start the march to add outsized value and boost client service today. Ok, maybe Monday. Start slow and be selective. Focus on your largest clients. You can mix and match where you feel comfortable—but no matter how you move ahead—embrace at least one of these client building strategies:…

Michael RynowecerApril 17, 2014