BTI Consulting Group reports that corporate counsel have singled out Valorem Law Group as a “Mover & Shaker”–“firms disrupting the legal industry by make strategic and tactical moves others don’t.” We are honored to be singled out in this fashion. From our founding in 2008, we’ve led the move to the New Normal, been named as one of 22 firms “best at AFAs,” and regularly have been recognized by corporate counsel for our brand excellence and extraordinary client service. What sets this recognition apart, however, is its validation of our move earlier this year to create ElevateNext Law and align ourselves with Elevate Services. I wanted to spend a couple of paragraphs describing what prompted this major move by my Valorem partner, Nicole Auerbach, and me.
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How a vision happens
Many people have views on how to develop a vision of change, of disruption. Having just created ElevateNext Law (with the incomparable Nicole Auerbach) and created a vision with Elevate Services and Univar, I wanted to share my “recipe.” It is a combination of George Bernard Shaw and Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Says Shaw: Some see
Nicole Auerbach honored as one of Chicago’s most influential women lawyers
Kudos to our very own Nicole Auerbach, who was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s Most Influential Women Lawyers. Here is how Crain’s summarized Nicole:
After concluding that the billable hour model for pricing legal services needed to change, Nicole Nehama Auerbach helped form Valorem Law Group in 2008 to
Vanilla. Tastes good, but it’s a bad way to market.
If you spend any time reading law firm websites, you soon come to one conclusion: all of them were written by the same person. We know this because all law firms say the same things–best schools, best lawyers, client-focused, great client serviced, alternative fees, focused, collaborative, efficient, blah, blah, blah. Some websites use more words
Goodbye for now, Mr. Carr, but not forever.
It is now public information that our colleague Jeff Carr has been named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Univar, Inc. Univar is the “leading chemical distributor in the United States, providing more chemical products and related services than any other company in the marketplace.” We view Jeff’s departure from ValoremNext with mixed emotions.
Links to my Art of Value podcast with Kirk Bowman
Kirk Bowman has become one of the leading voices on value billing. Kirk produces the “Art of Value” podcast. He has interviewed an range of people who have offered so many great ideas on value, pricing and billing, including Ed Kless, Michele Golden, Peter Carayannis, the great Ron Baker, John Chisholm, and so
Moving at the Speed of Business
Business moves fast. Really fast. Does your law firm keep up?
If you think you do, think again. Do you think in days when your clients are operating in hours? Weeks instead of days. It is a rare law firm designed to move as quickly as clients often need them to move.
What are you
The Greater Fool
Most people spend their lives trying not to be the Greater Fool. We toss him the hot potato. We dive for his seat when the music stops. The greater fool is someone with the perfect blend of self-delusion and ego to think that he can succeed where others have failed.
This whole country was made
Winning the daily war within
I have internal demons. To ease the burden of these demons, I imagine that everybody has their share. Even if not true, believing it to be makes it easier to accept that I have demons. But deep down, I know I must fight mine every day.
Every. Single. Day.
My number one demon is complacency.
Litigators: What’s your story?
Trial lawyers see a case as a story. They are constantly thinking about the story and why the jury should care about it.
Litigators see a case as a series of motions and briefs, depositions and documents.
The stuff litigators see as the point of a case is just a road to the end.