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#94: How to Respond When Your Mentor Partner Pulls Back from You in BigLaw
Episode 94
When you've spent years building trust with a partner who once championed your career, it can be deeply unsettling when they suddenly stop giving you…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
#93: Making Partner in BigLaw in the AI Era
Episode 93
Today, the road to partnership involves more than billing hours and producing great work. It's also now about more than business development, firm ec…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
#92: What to Do When the Work Dries Up - Responding to Enforcement & Regulatory Downturns in BigLaw
Episode 92
If you have built your BigLaw career around a thriving regulatory or enforcement practice, you know how difficult it can be for you and your practice…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
#91: Why Collaboration Matters in BigLaw
Episode 91
Collaboration can feel like a buzzword that doesn't align with how law firms actually reward people. Hours and origination credit often outweigh team…
1 year ago
#90: How to Handle Ambiguity in BigLaw Assignments
Episode 90
One of the toughest parts of BigLaw life is dealing with unclear or contradictory instructions. Partners often send cryptic emails, clients can be va…
1 year ago
#89: How BigLaw Measures Profitability and What It Means for Your Career
Episode 89
Profitability is a word that makes many lawyers cringe. We know firms measure it, but the methods and metrics often feel murky—or worse, toxic to fir…
1 year ago
#88: How Strategic Planning Can Help BigLaw Attorneys Succeed in Their Firms - with Sheri Palomaki
Episode 88
Strategic planning often feels like corporate jargon that doesn't belong in law firms. Yet without a clear plan, too many lawyers end up chasing rand…
1 year ago
#87: How BigLaw Lawyers Can Succeed at Business Development Without Firm Support
Episode 87
Building and sustaining a practice in BigLaw can sometimes feel like you're carrying the entire business development and marketing load yourself. Fro…
1 year, 1 month ago
#86: What Your BigLaw Firm Really Means When It Says You're Not Ready for Partnership
Episode 86
Making partner in BigLaw is rarely a straightforward path and the feedback you get from your firm can be really cryptic. In this episode, I break dow…
1 year, 1 month ago
#85: Why BigLaw Partners Still Need Learning & Development—Leigh Riley on How Foley Built a Program That Delivers
Episode 85
The legal industry has long assumed that once you make partner, you no longer need training. But as law firm operations have become more complex, and…
1 year, 1 month ago