Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith, based in New York, covers the business of law, including the ways law firms compete for clients and talent, M&A and corporate work, leadership and marketing innovation. Reach him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @nycpatrickd
April 19, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Law Firms Seek Out 'Money-Generating' Partner Moves Amid Big Law's Arms RaceEven though partner moves were down year-over-year, Decipher noted that law firms last year figured out one of the fastest ways to grow: buying partners with books of business.
By Patrick Smith
6 minute read
April 19, 2024 | Law.com
Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: Louwee Guevarra, VP and CTO at KlovesKloves VP and CTO Louwee Guevarra discusses the nuances involved in getting various vendor platforms, many of which utilize their own LLM and generative AI engines, to play nice with each other.
By Patrick Smith | Cedra Mayfield
1 minute read
April 19, 2024 | Law.com
Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: John Meyer, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Zeem SolutionsZeem Solutions GC and Chief Privacy Officer John Meyer discusses the importance of data privacy and how difficult it has become to protect as the number of external vendors many companies, and law firms, utilize grows exponentially.
By Patrick Smith | Cedra Mayfield
1 minute read
April 19, 2024 | Law.com
Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: John Meyer, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at Zeem SolutionsZeem Solutions GC and Chief Privacy Officer John Meyer discusses the importance of data privacy and how difficult it has become to protect as the number of external vendors many companies, and law firms, utilize grows exponentially.
By Patrick Smith | Cedra Mayfield
1 minute read
April 16, 2024 | Law.com
Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: LeaderThinking CEO & Founder Lakeshia EkeigweThis week, Legal Speak spoke live on location at the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 in Chicago with professionals from across the legal industry about key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and more.
By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith
1 minute read
April 16, 2024 | Law.com
Legal Speak at General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024: BYJ Law Founder and General Counsel Betty JangThis week, Legal Speak spoke live on location at the General Counsel Conference Midwest 2024 in Chicago with professionals from across the legal industry about key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and more.
By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith
1 minute read
April 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Goodwin Continues Recruiting From Cooley, Adding Longtime Tech Industry LitigatorPatrick Gunn's clients over the years range from Zoom and eBay to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle founder Lawrence Ellison.
By Patrick Smith
3 minute read
April 16, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Showcasing Resilience of the Industry, Am Law 100 Firms Turn in Strong 2023After taking a couple of body blows in 2022 and not knowing how the legs would hold up, Big Law was just waiting to counter.
By Patrick Smith
10 minute read
April 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Deal Watch: Freshfields, Fenwick, Simpson, Skadden Lead Megadeals as Geopolitical Concerns Muddy M&A BouncebackMega M&A deals continue to power the deal market recovery in 2024 while headwinds continue to multiply.
By Patrick Smith
10 minute read
April 15, 2024 | The American Lawyer
Big Law Better, ExplainedIn this week's Legal Speak episode, McDermott Will & Emery chair Ira Coleman explains "Big Law Better", his idea on where the legal sector is moving and what elements of previous iterations the industry should be looking to maintain and which it should perhaps relegate to times gone by.
By Patrick Smith
2 minute read
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