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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings.  less -
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The Lateral Gold Rush: 5 Critical Questions Law Firm Leaders Must Ask

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The lateral hiring market is always in motion—and law firm leaders are frequently under pressure to act. But before you make your next big lateral hire, pause. You have a lot more to lose than you think. The firms that are...more

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Law Firms Must Prioritize Hiring for Curiosity and Work Ethic in the AI Era

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In today's rapidly evolving legal landscape, artificial intelligence is democratizing execution across the profession. As routine tasks become automated, the qualities that differentiate exceptional legal professionals are...more

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Can’t Find Good Talent? You’re The Problem, It’s You.

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Hiring in today’s legal market feels like trying to find a unicorn in a thunderstorm. The great ones aren’t applying. The good ones ghost you. The ones who do come through the door often aren’t a fit....more

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Will Your Law Firm Exist in 5 Years?

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The legal profession is standing at the edge of a radical transformation. Technology, shifting client expectations, new business models, and the accelerating pace of change are exposing a critical question: Will your law firm...more

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Hiring to Fill an Office in 2025? Heed These Numbers

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For the law firms that made headlines in 2024 by opening new offices, 2025 brings a new directive: filling these locations with profitable rainmakers. If you’re among the law firm leaders scouting talent in a new or growing...more

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Laterals and Malpractice: Clear and Present Danger

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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

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The Practice Group Leader’s Guide to Growth in 2025

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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

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

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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

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Nine Actions Smart Law Firms Take in Q4

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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

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Good Turnover or Bad Turnover? Four Ways to Analyze Your Firm

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The average turnover for AmLaw 200 firms is 26.3 percent, according to analysis by Decipher Investigative Intelligence – so simply put, for every four lawyers at your firm, one will swap out every year. “Turnover” can be a...more

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Beyond Red Flags: Deploying Positive Intel from Due Diligence

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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

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

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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

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Beware the Off-Cycle Lateral

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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

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What to make of non-local job candidates?

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It is essential to fill an open position at your law firm. Whether it is an attorney, paralegal, legal assistant, or administrative staff member, most law firms cannot afford to have key positions remain open when there is...more

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Cruel Summer: How to Lower Risks This On-Campus Interviewing Season

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It’s OCI season, and law firms are already scrambling to recruit the next batch of summer associates. But it’s imperative to remember that your potential summer associates carry risk, too — and a Zoom interview and a quick...more

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Successfully integrating new partners

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In this new issue of Insights, dedicated to the integration of new partners in legal organizations, we will look at the many benefits of successfully integrating new partners, but also the many risks incurred by an...more

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Recent Complaints Illustrate Reverse Discrimination Issues

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Following the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action decision, legal press publications have reported about complaints and enforcement threats sent to law firms based on their diversity initiatives. In some cases, these...more

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Water Cooler Talk: Bias Lessons From 'Partner Track'

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According to a 2020 “Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms” from the National Association for Law Placement, only 10% of all law firm partners are people of color. Of all associates, 12% are Asian Americans, 5% are Black, and...more

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Are You The Selector or the Selectee in the Hiring Process?

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Recruiting new employees into your law firm is vitally important. Whether hiring a lawyer, paralegal, or administrative staff member, a law firm must make the best possible hire. But your law firm must have the right...more

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[Event] Interact 2022 - August 14th - 17th, Nashville, TN

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Exclusive roadmap reveals, immersive Q&A with top product & industry experts, live product demos, electrifying presentations, co-innovation opportunities, and so much more— all coming to you live from the heart of Nashville,...more

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The Great Resignation Hits Legal

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Over the last year, news headlines about The Great Resignation have been inescapable. During the COVID-19 pandemic, with fewer distractions available to them, workers in all fields have had more time to assess their...more

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How To Rank Attorney Candidates

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The attorneys you hire to work in your law firm can make a critical difference. The better attorneys you employ in your law firm, the happier clients you will have. Having satisfied clients is vital when law firms are in...more

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Recruiters Need to Recruit

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Find the best talent in any law firm is vitally important. The quality of the lawyers, paralegals and other staff can make all the difference in terms of client satisfaction and the growth of a law firm....more

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Final Round of Interview Process Should Not Be a Coronation

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Finding the best talent available for a law firm is a vitally important task. The quality of the individuals hired makes a huge difference for the clients that hire your law firm. It also makes a difference within your law...more

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Be honest with your employees

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I always say the two worst things you can give people are false praise and false hope. One of the reasons that I started my practice is because I was an employee and for the most part, I didn’t like how I saw employers treat...more

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