The Column: Volume 4, Issue 3 - November 2008
Welcome to the fourth quarter issue of The Column. Winter is right around the corner. During this presidential election year, you may have noticed that CHANGE is a word you hear often.
In keeping with that trend, we have assembled three articles about change in the legal staffing world and the legal market in general. First, is an article on the creation and growth of law firm groups which have been assembled to handle matters emanating from the financial downturn. Second, Tara Boosey, executive director of our Nashville office, and Jennifer Blaga, executive director of our Cleveland office, weigh in on the growth of legal professional associations nationwide. This article highlights the steps Special Counsel is taking to broaden and strengthen its relationships with these associations and ways to further assist them with accomplishing their goals.
The final article is from a veteran of 25 years in the legal staffing industry, Steve Mims. Steve is the executive director of our Houston office and our Texas attorney search director contingent. A Texas attorney himself, Steve joined us just over a year ago as a part of our acquisition of Prescott Legal Search, the premier legal staffing firm in Texas. Steve is in a unique position, having seen many changes including the rise of the contract attorney as well as the rise of the digital age in law and legal staffing. His article comments on changes in law and staffing which have taken place over the last two and a half decades.
Have a good fall.
David J. Maldonado, Esq., Editor
Senior Vice President, Special Counsel