DLA Piper has trimmed the number of new partners in its latest round – with 63 new partners this year compared to 70 promoted in 2023 and 2022. Of the newly promoted partners, twenty are women, constituting 32 percent of the total promotions, which aligns with the firm’s aim to achieve a 30 percent female partnership by 2025, a goal that DLA Piper set in 2021 when women comprised 21 percent of the partnership. The firm wants to increase the female partnership to 40 percvent by 2030 and ensuring that half of all internal partner promotions are awarded to lawyers from underrepresented groups. Th ..read more

Morrison Kent has split into two firms, Wellington-based JB Morrison and Auckland-based Kent Legal, which has yet to have a website in place, suggesting a hurried separation. JB Morrison has offices in Wellington and Rotorua with 13 partners in Wellington and three in Rotorua. The former office had 12 partners in Wellington. The former Auckland branch has yet to have a website. The former firm had four Auckland partners. Requests for information about the change in firm has yet to receive a response from either of the new firms. No explanation regarding the firm changes is evident on the JB Mo ..read more

Custom software development can be a complex process. From aligning with business goals to ensuring compatibility across different platforms, there are various challenges along the way. By understanding these challenges and solutions, businesses can manage the development process more effectively and build successful products. Requirement Gathering Requirement gathering in custom software development projects involves various methods. These include interviews, surveys, workshops, and prototyping. These methods help gather detailed insight into the client’s business needs. Stakeholders take par ..read more

WILMINGTON, Del. (April 19, 2024) – Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP (Potter Anderson) is pleased to announce that it has increased its starting salary for associates to $210,000, effective immediately, to continue attracting the most talented and skilled attorneys to serve its clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. “We are committed to offering competitive compensation to our associates and all of our attorneys who are critical assets for maintaining a robust workforce and growing our firm,” said Potter Anderson Chair Peter J. Walsh, Jr. “We r ..read more

https://www.pexels.com/photo/coworkers-talking-outside-4427818 Over the last couple of decades, the face of legal marketing has changed a lot. The way law firms approach potential clients has changed dramatically from the times of billboards and Yellow Pages ads to the dynamic, data-driven digital marketing approaches of current.  This change not only broadened the instruments that legal marketers have at their disposal but also changed the pattern to a utilized and client-oriented one. In our exploration of this evolution, we determine how the traditional methods have paved the way for ..read more

Latest Report Shows Partner Pay Rates Increase Again Hard to believe maybe, but law firm partner billing rates are on the increase again – at least in the United States where a new LexisNexis survey reports that billing rates raised by an average of 5.4 percent, which followed a 4.5 percent increase in 2022. The survey showed that law firms of 750+ lawyers, Biglaw firms in other words, continue domination in share of wallet with a median partner billing rate 61 percent higher than the next tier. The gap in billing rates between Large Law and other tiers continues to widen, the report says. Th ..read more

Average law firm partner rates rose 5.4% in 2023, the highest levels since the first CounselLink Trends Report in 2013; Median partner billing rate in 750+ law firms is 61% higher than the next smaller tier  RALEIGH, N.C. — In 2023, law firm billing rates rose at a record-setting pace with partner billing rates up, the highest levels recorded over the last 11 years, an exclusive new report has found from LexisNexis® CounselLink® , a leading cloud-based enterprise legal management solution for corporate law departments. Average partner rates increased by 5.4% in 2023, u ..read more

Fiona Dalziel and Karina McLuskie, a former Associate and Partner respectively at Tompkins Wake, have formed a partnership in a new firm McLuskie Dalziel Lawyers. See the law jobs on New Zealand’s best law jobs network Karina McLuskie has specialised in employment law for 15 years and was a partner at Tompkins Wake, based in the Hamilton office, before embarking on opening a specialist employment law firm based in the Waikato with Fiona Dalziel. Karina is a Waikato University graduate. Fiona Dalziel is also a Waikato University graduate and has specialised in employment law for her ..read more

The Lawyers From Movies-to-Novels That Inspire Us Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor Fictional lawyers in literature, television, and movies have captured the imagination of audiences for decades, influencing both the public perception of the legal profession and inspiring aspiring lawyers. Here’s are 9 of the most famous fictional lawyers and the potential influence they may have in terms of inspiration for lawyers today. 1. Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch, the protagonist in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is a lawyer in the racially divided town of Mayc ..read more

Matt Whineray Heads Another Multi-Billion Dollar Operation LawFuel Power Lawyer Matt Whineray has moved from one multi-billion dollar fund management group to another that has yet to be formed, in a new role. The former manager of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, valued at $70 billion, he is to head a merger of three finance firms set to become one of the largest investment management groups in the country, with an estimated worth of $44 billion. The newly formed entity, named FirstCape, results from the integration of Jarden’s wealth division JB Were NZ with Harbour Asset Management and B ..read more