I recently presented at this conference held in Sydney. The day before I had been at a briefing by MobileIron on their security technologies for Mobile devices. It was interesting to hear both sides of the mobile security argument.
I am here today as both an observer and a participant in global legal services. I am the CEO of Timeframe a consulting firm based in both the USA and Australia.
My story used to be an exception in law, someone trying to bridge two very different cultures, this is no longer the case.
So the US, UK and Australia. Who is leading? All of them! It depends on the question.
I was in Perth earlier. One of the cities that we are told missed the GFC, and yet it is the most expensive city in the world outside Scandinavia to live in. Moody's recently reported Perth has the postcode with the nation's highest mortgage delinquency rate. And so we have a tale of two economies.
A similar story is unfolding for legal services practitioners. Major clients are no longer restricted to working with a select few firms, they have a broader field they are now looking beyond the firm, directly to individuals.
So what does this development mean for the traditional appetite for growth through lateral hiring? I fear it has more risks for the firms than it does for individuals. If I can easily find my attorney through these means external to the firm then is my retention by the firm looking shaky?
I am here today as both an observer and a participant in global legal services. I am the CEO of Timeframe a consulting firm based in both the USA and Australia.
My story used to be an exception in law, someone trying to bridge two very different cultures, this is no longer the case.
So the US, UK and Australia. Who is leading? All of them! It depends on the question.
I was in Perth earlier. One of the cities that we are told missed the GFC, and yet it is the most expensive city in the world outside Scandinavia to live in. Moody's recently reported Perth has the postcode with the nation's highest mortgage delinquency rate. And so we have a tale of two economies.
A similar story is unfolding for legal services practitioners. Major clients are no longer restricted to working with a select few firms, they have a broader field they are now looking beyond the firm, directly to individuals.
So what does this development mean for the traditional appetite for growth through lateral hiring? I fear it has more risks for the firms than it does for individuals. If I can easily find my attorney through these means external to the firm then is my retention by the firm looking shaky?
No remember that these tools are nothing new outside of the legal
sector. The medical and other professions have had this onslaught of open
information for some time.
I
propose it will lead to a two speed economy the rich getting richer and poor lawyers getting poorer.
It
is one thing to receive a bad finding by your peers it is another for everyone to be aware of it
for the rest of your professional life.