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Hiring Associates in 2025? Your New Year’s Resolutions

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/22/2025

If you plan to bolster your lawyer ranks with lateral associates in 2025, there are two critical steps for ensuring success. Law firms must understand the risks inherent in lateral associate hiring, then create a due...more

Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/15/2025

If the statistics about high failure rates of lateral partners don’t persuade you, consider another barometer: the stress levels of professional liability insurers. Indeed, lateral hiring tops the list of issues that...more

The Practice Group Leader’s Guide to Growth in 2025

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 1/7/2025

Attracting and retaining talent is the No. 1 issue for practice group leaders, according to a Withum survey of law firm leaders. And sadly, in the same survey, just 36 percent of respondents described their practice group...more

Minding Your LPQs: How Firms Should Draft and Deploy the Lateral Partner Questionnaire

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 12/11/2024

The lateral partner questionnaire (LPQ) should not be a mere formality – instead, it should be considered your first line of defense in lateral partner hiring. ...more

Nine Actions Smart Law Firms Take in Q4

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 12/6/2024

The fourth quarter presents law firm leaders with a critical period for addressing strategic planning, financial management, and compensation adjustments. However, firms that extend their focus beyond immediate financial...more

Beyond Red Flags: Deploying Positive Intel from Due Diligence

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 10/28/2024

We admit it: Sometimes it’s tempting to lead with the negative information from pre-hire investigations. Bullying behavior, inflammatory social media posts, fabricated client relationships – these (very real) examples raise...more

The Fastest Path to Market Share: Why Law Firm CMOs Need A Seat at the Lateral Hiring Table

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 9/25/2024

A majority of attorneys and law firm leaders say business development is set to get tougher, according to a survey by BTI Consulting. Yet many of these firms are making it harder on themselves: The Legal Marketing Association...more

Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

Decipher Investigative Intelligence on 9/17/2024

Timing is everything, as the saying goes — and it certainly holds true when it comes to assessing the risk of lateral partner candidates. Indeed, Decipher Investigative Intelligence analysis reveals a significant trend:...more

Law Firms Can Keep Lateral Partners With Support at Work, Home

Goulston & Storrs PC on 5/30/2024

How can law firms attract, integrate, and retain top talent across all levels while gaining a competitive advantage? This is the proverbial question that remains top of mind for recruiters and business development...more

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