At Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the term “nonlawyer,” as it would be used to refer to consultants or advisers without a legal background, is a “bad word,” CEO and managing partner Donna Wilson said.

Why? She said the firm’s professional services model, which has been built out with strategic talent recruitment and client relationships in health care, fintech and the entertainment industry, seeks to be as integrated and innovative as the evolving needs of clients.