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BigLaw: A Partner Shares His Secrets for Successful Assignments

By Liz Kurtz

Originally published on March 30, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter. Previously in BigLaw, we talked about the madness that can result when communication breaks down between warring factions within the ranks of a firm's partnership. Epic battles between firm fiefdoms can undermine efficiency, turn associates into human shields, and, ultimately, leave the client wondering why his attorneys are too busy throwing mashed potatoes at one another to focus on the task at hand. If the difficulty of intra-partner communication is enough to conjure such famous couplings as the Hatfields and McCoys, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, and Itchy and Scratchy, can a lowly associate ever hope to bridge the Great [Communication] Divide? Find The Case ? We've all been on the wrong side of the aforementioned divide...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).