How to Communicate a Law Firm Merger to Build Trust: On Record PR
Building Your Future at Holland & Knight: Peter Hardy's Integration Experience
What Comes Next for Law Firm Leaders in 2026: On Record PR
Culture Crafters - Ethics Culture Divide, Part 2 - Enhancing Corporate Culture: The Vital Role of Ethics in Talent Retention and Acquisition
The LathamTECH Podcast — Demystifying the Tech Acquihire Wave
Anne Kunkel of Redgrave on Making a Big Impact in a Boutique Firm - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Building a Culture of Growth: HR Lessons From Hacks — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Paul Modley of AMS on Belonging by Design: Building DEIB That Lasts - CMO Series REPRESENTS
Developing Tomorrow’s Law Firm Leaders: From Water Cooler Moments to Leadership Academies - On Record PR
Innovation in Compliance - Constructive Conversations: Insights with Nina Sunday
8 Key Takeaways | Strategies to Drive Influence With and Without Authority
Episode 22 | HR Evolved: How Attorneys can Partner with HR Professionals in a Constantly Changing World
Integrating Talent Strategy with Business Development with Brittaney Schmidt — Market Leaders Podcast
Leaders Moving 2020 Forward with Julia Haart of Elite World Group
One of the greatest risks in a law firm merger has nothing to do with structure, scale, or strategy. It is how the merger is communicated. In this episode, Gina Rubel and Jennifer Simpson Carr explain why merger...more
Your law firm probably spent tens of thousands last year sending lawyers to conferences. How much did you spend developing your paralegals? I already know the answer for most firms: almost nothing....more
Managing a large team in a fast-paced legal environment requires more than expertise – it demands strategy, communication, and trust. We spoke with three of our seasoned client team leaders – Blair Evans (Memphis), Linda...more
As firms enter 2026, many of last year’s pressures haven’t disappeared—they’ve intensified. In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel and Jennifer Simpson Carr examine what law firm leaders are already grappling with:...more
After more than two decades working in lateral partner recruiting and integration, I’ve seen the same patterns emerge in firms that ultimately lose valued partners. Early in my career I had direct involvement in partner...more
Leadership is not reserved for the C-suite. It’s cultivated in the space between strategy and execution. At the recent LMA Mid-Atlantic Conference in Washington, D.C., we had the opportunity to explore what it means to lead...more
One lesson that separates the truly successful from the perpetually frustrated is the understanding that your ego is the biggest obstacle standing between you and your goals. Harry Truman supposedly said, “You can get...more
“A law firm’s success is the sum of its practice groups’ successes.” In modern law firms, practice group leaders (PGLs) hold one of the most pivotal, and often least clearly defined, roles. They sit at the intersection of...more
When faced with the departure of an individual partner or group, firms tend to only pay attention to the immediate, most time-sensitive tasks, like keeping the clients, managing the media, and controlling the internal rumor...more
Boutique firms are continually finding new ways to stand out, tackle significant cases, and make a lasting impact. In today's episode of the CMO Series Podcast, Eugene McCormick welcomes Anne Kunkel, the Chief Marketing...more
When law firms avoid or sideline DEI programs, they implicitly say that they are okay with missing out on the diversity of experience and thought that fuels better decisions, stronger performance, and lasting relevance....more
Landing a lateral partner is a visible win. But too often, that’s where the effort stops. Firms celebrate the hire, then leave integration to chance. The result is predictable: laterals who underperform, leave prematurely, or...more
In this follow-up to last week’s On Record PR episode on partner leadership, host Jennifer Simpson Carr sits down again with Mark Beese, leadership consultant and member of Furia Rubel’s International Faculty, to focus on the...more
No matter your title at Baker Donelson or how senior you are, you will play the role of leader at times. A leader is anyone who has the capacity to shape mindsets and behavior in furtherance of a shared goal. Moreover, even...more
In a post two years ago this month “Here We Go All Over Again… or Not”, I posed a series of questions about what might happen to the legal world in this era of Generative AI. While the takeover of the industry by computers...more
Several colleagues were recently interviewing for a role as the head of Practice Group Management at a law firm. Some came from firms that I would describe as having empowered their practice group leaders—firms that were, in...more
As an adjunct legal professor, I’m fortunate to get to spend time with law students. They are smart, hardworking, and ready to make valuable contributions to the legal profession. And they’re different from lawyers of...more
Join David Ackert as he interviews Brittaney Schmidt, Chief Talent Officer at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, in this episode of the Market Leaders Podcast. Tune in to hear them discuss: • Her journey from chief marketing...more