I spoke with Jodie Zerega, the founder of Zerega Consulting, a recruiting firm that has placed attorneys in law firms, corporations, and non-profit organizations, and the developer of the Attorney Jobs app. We discussed current trends in legal recruiting, tips for attorneys searching for a lateral opportunity, and the direction of legal hiring.
I spoke with Jackie Donner, the co-founder and CEO of Lawflex, an alternative legal services provider based in Israel, teaming experienced lawyers with law firms, financial institutions, and other corporations on a flexible basis. We discussed the genesis of Lawflex, how the pandemic has impacted the use of alternative legal services, and where she sees the greatest opportunity for growth.
I spoke with Michael Potters, the CEO of the Glenmont Group, an executive search firm in the legal and information governance sectors, on site at the 2017 New York City Masters Conference.
We discussed the current job market, areas of opportunity, and the art of executive search in the legal community.
I spoke with a panel of industry leaders in a virtual roundtable about where the legal field is headed and asked for their advice on navigating prospective 2017 challenges. The participants include:
Laura Broomell, COO of Greene Espel, and president of the Association of Legal Administrators
Ray English, Assistant Dean for the Office of Career and Employment Services at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Jordan Furlong, principal, Law21
Tony Gomes, SVP and General Counsel, Citrix Systems
Bill Henderson, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Kate Holmes, managing director, FTI Technology
Joshua Rothman, partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
From cybersecurity and global policy uncertainty to changes in the selection of outside counsel and career services aligning with admissions, descriptions of a destabilizing market were tempered with a recognition of the opportunities ahead.
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I spoke with Michael Ramich, a partner at Frontier Capital, a venture capital firm that focuses on high growth software and services companies, including document and e-mail management cloud-provider, NetDocuments.
We discussed the key factors driving investment interest in legal technology, the best time to invest in a law-related company, the challenges of doing so, and where one can find the most opportunity in the current market, among other topics.
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