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<b>Corner Office: </b>Who's Running The Store?

To understand why many managing partners might have difficulty answering this question, one needs to examine the resource pool within law firms from which managing partners are chosen. Among the popular choices are: those with the biggest books of business, the most widely recognized reputations, the best rainmakers, the best lawyers and the most effective client service partners. Most partners feel that anyone who has attained any of those levels practicing law ought to be just as proficient at running a law firm. Not quite!

24 minute read October 31, 2006 at 08:07 AM
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Melchior S. Morrione
<b>Corner Office: </b>Who's Running The Store?

To understand why many managing partners might have difficulty answering this question, one needs to examine the resource pool within law firms from which managing partners are chosen.

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