Legal Marketing

The 2010 Legal Times 150

The 2010 Legal Times 150

Benchmark A Firm’s Present and Future Growth

The 2010 Legal Times 150 ranks the largest law offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by attorney headcount, as of April 1^st, 2010. With your electronic copy of The Legal Times 150, you can benchmark a firm’s growth and track:

• • Who’s growing? Who’s not?
• • Which firms have managed to remain in The Legal Times 150?
• • Which firms have joined their ranks?
• • Who’s moved in the rankings?
• • How much have firms curtailed new associate hiring?

The data offers total number of full-time equivalent lawyers, partners, and associates in each office; percent change from previous year; expected number of associates and more. The metro area includes the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax counties, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia.

2010 Legal Times 150. $180 

2010 Report: Changes in the Staffing Structure of Law Firms

2010 Report: Changes in the Staffing Structure of Law Firms

There is no question the economy has affected law firms. This report offers a qualitative analysis and explores how firms have dealt with cost pressures, staffing and outsourcing, as well as attorney and staff reactions to this new environment. Don’t miss this highly anticipated report that unveils how law firms plan to respond to changes in the economy and what their plans are for future generations of lawyers.

Click to purchase the 2010 Changes in the Staffing Structure of Law Firms Report.

Research Off the Shelf - NOVEMBER, 2010: Vol. 25, No. 11 - Selections

COOL SITES: The Alternative View is a multilingual, language-learning platform to improve reading and comprehension  skills. Users can read an article in a foreign language, and view it side-by-side with their native language. When I tried it, I found several very interesting scientific articles. http://www.altview.net/

SUBJECT SEARCHING:   Sometimes it is quicker and easier to use commercial databases.  Government and Politics: The Political Contact Suite from CQ Press contains “nearly 150,000 contacts, profiles, and biographies of the members and staff of Congress, the federal government, the judiciary... worldwide governments.”  See www.cqpress.com for more information.

Historical dictionaries: Scarecrow Press publishes a wide assortment of historical dictionaries. Here are a few: Golf ($99); French Theater ($85); Japanese cinema ($95); The Catalans ($85); The Jews ($70) http://www.scarecrowpress.com/

Trade Show Notices and News: Learn how to maximize your trade show success with the blog trade-show-advisor.com. Find some tips, manage your schedule, receive direct notices and news through the RSS feed. www.trade-show-advisor.com (Courtesy of www.fita.org)

RESEARCH TIPS:  Need to do your own market research? Here are some books that might help. From Paramount Books: Refocusing focus groups (1 vol. $19.95); Custom survveys within your budget – Maximizing profits through effective online research design (1 vol., $29.95); Qualitative tips, tricks and trends – what every researcher should know (1 vol., $34.95); Opportunity screams – unlocking hearts and minds in today’s idea economy (1 vol., $24.95): “Customers want to be surprised, and to be proud that they are associated with you and your products. If customers believe you have their best interests at heart, they will be yours forever.” http://www.paramountbooks.com/

Thomson Reuters Acquires Pangea3

NEW YORK and MUMBAI, India, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it has acquired Pangea3, a fast-growing legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider serving corporate legal departments and law firms worldwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thomson-reuters-acquires-pangea3-109038544.html

The 2010 NLJ 250

 The 2010 NLJ 250: Benchmark Your Firm’s Growth

 The NLJ 250 is the definitive ranking of the largest 250 law firms in the nation. With your electronic copy of The NLJ 250, you can benchmark your firm’s growth and track:

- Who’s growing? Who’s not?

- Who’s moved in the rankings?

- Who’s opened new branch offices?

- Who’s paying the highest starting salaries?

Search, sort and analyze all of the just-released 2010 data. The spreadsheet includes:

- Rank based on Total Number of Attorneys
- Total Number of Attorneys
- Total Number of Equity Partners
- Total Number of Non-Equity Partners
- Total Number of Associates
- Starting Salaries for First Year Associates
- Location of Branch Offices
- Breakdown of Number of Attorneys by Branch Office
- Key Marketing Contact Information

The NLJ 250 also features information-rich analysis on new and established trends in the industry and among the top 250 law firms. Take this opportunity now to explore the current state of the law firm economy and to measure your firm’s performance.

2010 NLJ 250 Survey.$480

Off the Shelf - NOVEMBER, 2010: Vol. 25, No. 11 - Selections

MARKETING TIPS: See the following report: Fulbright's 7th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report "Fulbright's 2010 report is based on survey responses from 275 U.S. and 128 U.K. in-house lawyers, the majority of whom were general counsel at companies with revenues north of $100 million in the last fiscal year. Ninety-three percent of U.S. respondents and 97 percent of U.K. respondents expected litigation involving their companies to increase or remain steady in the coming year. Eighty-seven percent of U.S. respondents faced new litigation in the past year, compared with 83 percent in Fulbright's previous survey." (AmLawDaily)  http://www.fulbright.com/images/publications/7thLitigationTrendsReport.pdf

WHAT’S NEW:     From Oxford University Press: The Class Action Playbook - a strategic "how to" guide for practitioners seeking to bring or defend a class action. (1 vol., $145); MLRC 50-State Survey: Media Privacy and Related Law 2010-11 (1 vol., $225); Annotated Companies Legislation (1 vol., £195.00); Health and Safety Enforcement - Law and Practice (1 vol., £125.00); International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law (1 vol., £145); http://www.us.oup.com

From  International Specialized Book Services: The Law Relating to International Banking (1 vol., $170); Law of Construction Disputes www.isbs.com

From LFB Scholarly: Freedom of religion – Locke v. Davey and State Blaine amendments (1 vol., $65); Judicial power and institutional constraints – a comparison of Canadian and American Courts (1 vol., $80); Regulatory takings and the environment – the impact of property rights legislation (1 vol., $70); Student speech on the Internet – the role of first amendment protections (1 vol., $75) http://www.lfbscholarly.com/

The 2010 AmLaw Tech Survey

The 2010 AmLaw Tech Survey - Track and Compare Over a Decade of Data

The annual AmLaw Tech Survey queries CIO’s and IT directors from AmLaw 200 firms on a variety of issues including:

-          Product preferences for hardware and software

-          Planning and investment

-          Capital and operating expenses

-          IT staffing and compensation

-          New areas for technology development.

The report explores technology in specific areas including document management, e-billing, e-discovery, time entry, VoIP, CRM, mobile technology and more. With over a decade of data, you can track and compare trends, and gain insight into how the top firms purchase, manage and more.

2010 AmLaw Tech Survey. ($300).