109: Listening to Understand with Sarah Cave of Hughes Hubbard & Reed

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Building client Trust and Confidence A partner since 2007, Sarah Cave kicks off our conversation talking about digging in on tough problems, being highly organized, and listening to understand a client’s wants and concerns.  She then shares her three-pronged growth strategy: Show Up: be thoughtful about determining events and situations to participate in that allow…

108: Joy On Both Sides of the Table with Judy Jennison of Perkins Coie

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Today’s episode features Perkins Coie intellectual property practice leader, Judy Jennison, in addition to her time in private practice, she spent 8 years as an in-house lawyer with Microsoft in intellectual property, product development, and antitrust compliance roles.  Judy Jennison Bio As a former in-house lawyer within a big organization, Judy understands the path to success…

107: Doing Legal Differently with Adobe’s Lisa Konie

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 I’m a peer, not a ‘snowflake’ In this week’s episode, we talk with Lisa Konie, Senior Director of Legal Operations at Adobe Systems, and a CLOC board member. Legal Operations and Efficiency When defining legal operations it’s helpful to look at all the things that naturally fall on the shoulders of lawyers but don’t have…

106: Leading with Vision we talk with James Libson of Mishcon de Reya

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The Essence of Vision In this week’s episode, we talk with James Libson, Executive Partner at Mishcon de Reya, about his practice and setting up the Mishcon Academy to help lawyers develop the skills needed in today’s modern legal environment. Reflecting on his career; his success as a firm leader; and cultivating business, James talks…

105: The Power of Alternative Law Firms

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Delivering Solutions to Clients with Javier Fernandez-Samaniego     The following highlights points from our discussion with Javier Fernandez-Samaniego, the Managing Director of Samaniego Law; an alternative Iberoamerican law firm. Firms as Aggregators Alternative firms offer a different structure for the delivery of legal solutions focusing on delivery as an aggregator of solutions.  This includes specialties…