You have been in court all day and you are exhausted. You glance at your watch and realize you are going to be late or worse miss “it” altogether—again. #%! That monthly partner’s meeting. You missed at least the last six of them, and last month your managing partner shot you that glare which you know means your compensation memorandum this year is headed for the shredder for sure. But you compose yourself, hail a cab, and before you know it, with five minutes to spare, you are back in the office ready for the meeting.
You confidently stroll into the conference room and look around. You do a double-take. Some of the faces don’t seem familiar. “What’s going on?” Then the meeting starts. One of the unfamiliar faces, some young guy without a tie, is doing all the talking. “As one of our portfolio law firms,” he says, “we have significant plans for expansion but first we need to get expenses under control.”
