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Gateway Practices Promise Premium Rates for 2011 – and More The Mad Clientist

Gateway Practices Promise Premium Rates for 2011 – and More

Gateway Practices are a law firm’s exclusive invitation into an elite club. They not only provide intimate insights into a client’s most sensitive, high-value needs, but also offer priority access to new business opportunities in other areas (such as high-rate, high-growth opportunities). BTI Premium Practices Forecast 2011, based on input…
Michael Rynowecer
January 12, 2011
A Whac-A-Mole Market? The Mad Clientist

A Whac-A-Mole Market?

Practice area trends of 2010 and 2011 have been anything but expected. Contrary to historical ebbs and flows, such as litigation spikes in downturns, today’s legal market is bucking the trend. In everything from corporate work to bet-the-company litigation, periods of growth and decline are sporadic, short-lived and, at times,…
Michael Rynowecer
October 12, 2010
The BTI Fearsome Foursome: Most Feared Litigation Firms The Mad Clientist

The BTI Fearsome Foursome: Most Feared Litigation Firms

Wind, Fire, Earth, Water. These are Mother Nature’s mighty forces. They change, shape, mold and occasionally devastate the most stalwart opponents. Their enormity is legendary. Their magnificent power undisputed. Among law firms, few can claim such epic strength as these four elements. The Fearsome Foursome is the exception. Four law…
Michael Rynowecer
August 24, 2010
The End of the World as We Know It: The New World of Litigation The Mad Clientist

The End of the World as We Know It: The New World of Litigation

REM’s apocalyptic hit ceaselessly inventories a parade of revolutionary events that will forever alter our world. From earthquakes to government coups, the jangly tune invokes visions of awesome transformation. The end is catastrophic. Comparing forthcoming changes in litigation to the Apocalypse is certainly melodramatic. The pending developments in litigation are…
Michael Rynowecer
August 20, 2010