Signs That Your Service Has Matured

In recent years, many firms have reluctantly bitten various bullets and abandoned practice areas that can no longer support their fee structures. Long before the firms' decided to get out of those businesses, though, many lawyers practicing in those areas suffered steady diminution of their earning power, professional satisfaction and internal prestige. This unnecessary human cost could have been avoided, or at least minimized, if only firms recognized sooner that the services were maturing. If they had, they would have had much more time to prepare their lawyers and ease the inevitable transition to newer, more valuable services. So, what early signs warn alert firms that a service is aging?

15 minute read June 01, 2004 at 10:21 AM
By
Mike O'Horo
Signs That Your Service Has Matured

In recent years, many firms have reluctantly bitten various bullets and abandoned practice areas that can no longer support their fee structures.

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