By ED POLL, Special to Lawyers Weekly [email protected] One consistent theme to come out of the Great Recession is that the billable hour, if not dead, is dying as a metric of measuring law firm performance. The Association of Corporate ...

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By ED POLL, Special to Lawyers Weekly [email protected]   In a recent column we wrote about a Texas lawyer who successfully sued his new firm, alleging that he was “lured” away as a lateral hire from his previous firm only ...

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The collapse of the real estate market and the effects of the recession have thrown the once relatively predictable practice of family law into turmoil, with attorneys having to learn new skills, work harder to calm down anxious clients, and even wait longer for payment. "It's presenting a whole new set of challenges, and we weren't especially well equipped to do that," said Lee Rosen, who practices family law with The Rosen Law Firm in Raleigh. "This is requiring us to relearn what we do. We have to be very creative."

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Largest firms survey reveals dip in numbers, but optimism is returning. Pinched by recession, the total in-state lawyer count at North Carolina’s 25 largest firms has contracted slightly over the past year, although most firm leaders say that the future ...

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