This article appeared in Marketing the Law Firm, an ALM/Law Journal Newsletters publication reporting on the latest, and most effective, strategies for Chief Marketing Officers, Managing Partners, Law Firm Marketing Directors, Administrators and Consultants.
The competition for outside legal services has never been more intense. 50% of buyers have adjusted their law firms in the last 12 months, and that will continue through 2023. See, 2023 Thomson Reuters State of the Legal Industry. Shrinking demand translated into a productivity loss totaling, on average, a $98,000 loss in fees per lawyer as compared to a similar lawyer in 2007.
