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In this episode, Steve interviews Jonathan Greenblatt, Co-Founder and Chair of Legal Innovators, which is changing
the game when it comes to the recruitment of junior and mid
level talent in the legal industry. Among the topics addressed are:

• Why the current system of recruiting and training junior associates is flawed;
• Legal Innovators' process for selecting law graduates;
• Why the firm's training program is superior to that of most law firms;
• The firm's record of transitioning its attorney to full-time employment at client firms;
• The firm's separate Performance Coaching program;
• The firm's relatively new track featuring JAG Corps attorneys;
• How the current disruption affecting government lawyer is impacting Legal Innovators

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In this episode of Steve's Rules, Steve has a conversation with Tim Corcoran of the Corcoran Consultant Group, a leading consultant on law firm compensation. Among the topics discussed were:

• The primary issues that are leading firms to retain your services?
• The most frequent flaws in law firm compensation systems
• Balancing the contributions of rainmakers and key subject matter experts.
• How firms handle compensation of laterals, particularly in situations that those attorneys are not bringing all of their originated business to their new firms.
• How firms should design bonus programs for laterals

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The Trump Administration’s executive orders aimed at various law firms has resulted in the most significant issue that the country’s leading law firms have faced in recent memory. Some pundits in the mainstream media have even predicted the demise of the firms that settled with the Administration. In this episode of Steve’s Rules, Steve and his McCormick Group colleague Dave Ris provide some insights on the impact of these orders and the law firm responses, with a particular focus on lateral partner hiring. Subscribe

Key topics covered in this episode:

• Immediate impact on law school, associate and partner recruiting.
• Which litigators might be affected
• How corporate clients might react
• Impact on the DC offices of the Wall Street and other elite firms that have settled
• Possible chasm between “transactional” and “litigation” firms
• How this may impact Government Relations practices in DC

*Discussed in the podcast is Microsoft’s decision to drop one of the settling firms in shareholder litigation in Delaware. https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-swaps-law-firms-shareholder-case-hiring-trump-adversary-2025-05-01/

*In the conclusion, Steve attributed a Bette Davis quote to the movie “It Happened One Night.” In reality, it was from “All About Eve.”

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