Legal Management Talk

Leigh Isaacs, IGP, CIP, ERMP, is the Director of Records & Information Governance for White & Case LLP. She has more than 30 years of combined legal and information governance experience. Her expertise includes strategic design and deployment of enterprise programs, development of information management programs, on and off-site storage considerations including outsourcing, process improve...

With the prevalence of mass shootings in the United States over the past year, and especially the incident in San Bernardino last week, the subject of workplace violence is unfortunately top-of-mind. Learn what law firms can do to prevent tragedy from occuring in the office. Jack Vaughan is the former Administrative Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski (now Norton Rose Fulbright), having retired at...

Jobst Elster discusses the results of the 2015 ILTA/InsideLegal Technology Purchasing Survey, available at www.insidelegal.com. Speaker BioJobst Elster is the Head of Content and Legal Market Strategy at InsideLegal. He brings extensive experience in market analysis, market research, public relations and product marketing to the legal industry. He has served as a legal market strategist for the la...

ALA's Business of Law conference series kicked off this weekend in New Orleans. Get a preview of the speakers and sessions that are coming back to Atlanta and Las Vegas in October. There's still time to register at www.alanet.org/blc. Valerie Danner is the managing editor of Legal Management magazine, produced here at ALA staff headquarters in Chicago.

Why are metrics so important for corporate legal departments, and what are the most useful metrics for driving results in the department? Hear from Corporate Law Department Symposium speaker Kris Satkunas for answers to these questions and more. Speaker BioKris Satkunas is Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis, where she leads CounselLink's consulting efforts to advise corporate lega...

What are the key challenges in managing human resources in today’s workplace? What are the most common litigation issues when dealing with employees? Rachel Schaming offers answers to these questions and more in this episode, sponsored by CDW.Rachel Schaming is Director of Human Resources and a Corporate Coach at Radiology Ltd. Schaming is a senior human resource professional with more than 30 yea...

How are profit and leadership connected? How can law firm administrators and legal managers engage their employees and provide better client service? Find out in today's episode of Legal Management Talk, and learn more at the Managing Partner / Executive Director Forum, October 19-20 in Orlando, FL.Judith A. Hissong, CLM, is the President of Nesso Strategies. She facilitates retreats, coaches...

Dr. Jack Singer is a practicing clinical, sports and consulting psychologist, specializing in peak performance mastery and building permanent resiliency to stress. He has spent more than 27 years speaking for legal associations (including ALA and LMA) and Fortune 500 companies, and designing teambuilding programs for large legal practice re-TREATS. He has taught in the Psychology departments of se...

Click here for information from Nesso Strategies about the Managing Partner / Executive Director Forum. Steve Wingert, CLM, is a principal at Nesso Strategies, a Past President of the Association of Legal Administrators, and a recognized coach, speaker and writer in the legal industry. He has more than 30 years of executive level experience in higher education and the legal industry, and focuses o...

Dr. Brandi Stankovic is an organizational change expert and motivational speaker with a creative and results-driven approach to problem solving and planning. Stankovic is a senior partner of Mitchell Stankovic & Associates, a global strategic consulting firm. She spends her time consulting with CEOs and their teams, writing books and articles related to leadership and organizational health, an...

Felix Oberholzer is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Dean’s Management Group and serves as the chair of the MBA program. His research and teaching are centered on competitive strategy and international competition. Oberholzer won numerous awards for excellence in teaching, including the Harvard Business School Teaching Awar...

Kevin L. Cash is Chief Financial Officer at Baker Hostetler and a member of the firm's Operating Group. He is responsible for directing the operations of the firmwide finance department and overseeing the firm's financial systems to support strategic and operational business planning and growth. Among his many accomplishments, Cash developed the firm's profitability and cost model u...

Thomas S. Clay is a principal of Altman Weil, Inc. With 30 years of experience consulting to the legal profession, he is an acknowledged expert on law firm management principles and is a trusted advisor to law firms throughout the U.S. and Canada. He heads consulting assignments in strategic planning, law firm management, organization, law firm mergers and acquisition, and is a thought-leader on t...

Verna Myers is on a personal mission to disrupt the status quo and she knows how to: she's lived it. Myers rose out of Baltimore's working class to become a Harvard-trained lawyer, entrepreneur, author and cultural innovator. Her dynamic, laugh-out-loud presentations inspire audiences to go further - to move beyond leveling the playing field to creating a new field altogether. Author of...

Description: When it comes to compensation plans in law firms, one size does not fit all. How do you know if your organization is keeping up with current compensation trends to be competitive?  Is your compensation plan aligned with your business plan?  What if you have different geographic locations with vastly diverse market drivers? And does your compensation survey really provide you accurate...

Description: The old ways of leading don’t work in today’s business culture. Tune into this webinar and learn new leadership skills based on motivation and passion. Explore new progressive and actionable approaches to leading and influencing others. Learn the limitations on some of the traditional approaches associated with success today, and how the future lies in effective leadership approaches...

Description: Much of the work of advancing women in the legal workplace falls on the shoulders of women. Most firms have women’s initiatives run by and for women, and these initiatives have great value. But they are not changing the norms, attitudes and biases that govern law firm advancement, leadership and rewards. Little significant change is possible at the top of law firms, where it really co...

 What do highly successful law firms know about retirement plans – that you don’t?  Tune into this podcast and learn how strategic retirement plans can make your firm more competitive and profitable. From designing and managing retirement plans to avoiding big mistakes along the way, learn the top secrets for successful law firm retirement planning. About Dan KravitzDan Kravitz, President of Kravi...

Description: Recruiting and retaining top talent for law firms is one of the biggest challenges faced by business of law leaders today. Tune into top career expert Sally Calloway as she shares proven strategies for attracting and keeping the most qualified candidates in the job market. Learn how to optimize the talent search process from writing effective job descriptions, to posting in unconventi...

 Description: Time is money, which is why all law firms could benefit from software data integration. Well-implemented integrations increase efficiency, reduce non-billable tasks and improve data accuracy.  That’s why taking on this type of low-budget technology project is mission critical.  Tune into Charles King as he shares cost-saving tips, tactics and strategies for a successful data integrat...

Description: What if you could make each and every day victorious by focusing on daily activities rather than obsessing over results that you can't control? Based on author Ben Newman's popular program, Own YOUR Success gives you the power to make each day a triumph. The most successful people find great success when they focus on having a passion for the process. The key: make today vic...

Description:FBI Director Robert Mueller has said it best, when it comes to cyber-attacks “There are only two types of companies in the US; those that have been hacked and those that will be hacked.”  The victims of cyber- crime come in all shapes and sizes, not just the big companies like Target. The US National Cyber Security Alliance found that 60% of small companies shut down within six months...

Description:Management or ‘mismanagement’ of human assets continue at every level of the law firm organization. Dr. Tom DeLong discusses how business of law leaders can increase their own leadership value while bringing their firm into management alignment. In this podcast, learn how to foster a culture where those responsible for managing others can be more inspirational, more honest, and learn h...

Description:You most likely have a list of people you can’t stand. Some of them are your co-workers and quite possibly your boss. In more politically correct terms, you may categorize them as “high maintenance,” but regardless of what you call them, Dr. Rick Brinkman, author of Dealing With People You Can’t Stand, How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, has communication tactics to hel...

 Description:Go behind the scenes of a real-life law firm disaster recovery operation. Mark Norton, Continuity Planning Manager for Agility Recovery shares what went right, what went wrong and lessons learned along the way.  It’s a cautionary story every law professional should hear, because disaster can strike anywhere.  Listen to this important podcast and then revisit your own disaster plan, yo...