Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal Marketing & PR Blogs -> Larry Bodine's LawMarketing Blog
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense
Find a Local Lawyer
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402
Legal Marketing & PR
: Larry Bodine's LawMarketing BlogOptimism in the Face of the Recession
By Larry Bodine, Esq.
I got this on Monday:
-----Original Message-----
From: CNN Breaking News
-- The U.S. entered a recession in December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
--------------------------
Leave it to the government to tell us something we've known for a year. On the bright side, a new ALM Law Firm Leaders Survey 2008 shows glimmers of optimism:
| Looking ahead to 2009, with respect to your law firm, you are: | Percentage |
| Optimistic | 38% |
| How do you expect the deal flow in 2009 to compare with 2008? | Percentage |
| Increase | 29% |
| In which practice area do you expect to see the most revenue growth in 2009? | Percentage |
| Litigation | 42% |
| What will you do with billing rates for 2009? | Percentage |
| Increase them by more than 5 percent | 35% |
| In light of forecasts of flat or reduced profits per partner for the Am Law 200, how would you characterize the morale among the partners at your firm? | Percentage |
| Somewhat optimistic | 41% |
My friend Bob Weiss of Alyn-Weiss & Associates, Inc.® in Denver, CO, just wrote me, "We tend to represent regional-local firms of less than 100 lawyers— all of our clients of this size, while concerned about next year, will have record revenue-profitability in 2008. More than half are hiring and actively seeking laterals, particularly for IP disputes, to lesser degree for IP prosecution/registration. The more you get to the middle of the country, it seems, the better the results for 2008."
Full post as published by Larry Bodine's LawMarketing Blog on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).
Sunscreen Manufacturers Face Class Actions over Misleading Advertising
Banana Boat, Coppertone Face Class Action in Canada
Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS
AT&T, Apple Face Potential Class Action over iPhone MMS
Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action
Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action
Medicaid Fraud
GSK and Novartis Face $800 Million in Penalties
Wal-Mart, Netflix
Face Class Action
#1 Online Legal Resource
On 08-25 at 15:46PM
Acute perpendicular parking #NYPD #NYFD
On 08-18 at 22:18PM
Parallel parking gone bad. Too much gas UES NYC
On 08-18 at 21:41PM
UES NYC
On 08-18 at 21:25PM
Twitter suspends journalist critical of broadcast partner's coverage on dubious grounds @guyadams #nbcfail #twitterfail
On 07-30 at 17:57PM
Model example of 1st Amendment suppression by the People of New York City's Michael Bloomberg #OWS #NYPD
On 07-12 at 21:07PM
AG Holder lackadaisical on Operation in our Sites domain name seizures & RIAA lobbied free speech suppression @dajaz1
On 06-08 at 22:44PM
Why is the Catholic Church going to court over Obama contraception policy? @NewYorker commentary
On 05-31 at 10:08AM
Monks sue Louisiana for right to sell caskets made from forrest destroyed by Katrina
On 05-31 at 07:47AM
Are the abortion ultrasound laws headed for the Supreme Court?
On 05-15 at 21:52PM
American Bankers Association: Real Estate Lending Survey Reveals Some Optimism
A Silver Lining in the Recession
What is a recession Inquiring minds (that is, one of your federal legislators) wants to know...
How GCs Can Avoid Recession-Planning Pitfalls
 |
|
Contact Us | About Us | Celebrity Law Blog |
Our Partners | Disclaimer
| Law Blog Directory
| Law Jobs
| Law Tweets
| Oil Spill Video
All original material © 1999-2011 by USLaw.com. All other material, including Blog Directory feed content, are © by their respective copyright holders. |