It will come as no surprise to anyone reading this piece that law firm marketing is still, for the most part, not getting the respect that it has so desperately sought.

For the past 17 years, I have watched with great anticipation as to whether law firm management would embrace marketing as a vehicle to enabling law firms to better compete. But alas, all I have been witness to is a revolving door of directors and, more recently, chief marketing officers who come and go at a rate that belies understanding.