BigLaw Transparency: Kalis v. the Am-Flawed 100

Whatever one’s personal opinion of K&L Gates’ Chairman Peter Kalis, few can dispute his marketing genius. A master of the in-your-face quote who relishes the spotlight and misses no opportunity to place himself front and center for the legal market media, he deserves a lion’s share of the credit for taking a once relatively unknown law firm languishing under the radar in a small market town and turning it into one of the world’s greatest in terms of numbers of lawyers and offices as well as gross revenue and brand-name recognition.

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Happy Holidays from Hanover Legal!

As we fast approach the edge of the fiscal cliff and our first peek into 2013, Hanover Legal urges our clients to proceed cautiously.

Despite the enormous market uncertainty ahead, we are hopeful that our Congress will agree on a budget in the nick of time and our economy will be spared free-fall and the consequent unfathomable market casualties. On the flip side, if the storm is even nearly as dramatic as many fear, our strongest, most agile and best managed firms will enjoy a lateral feeding frenzy the likes of which the legal market has never before witnessed.

No matter how severe or not 2013 turns out to be, we promise to stay by your side offering our assessments and advice as we have done continuously since our founding in 2000 and during each and every market cataclysm we’ve encountered along the way.

May good karma be with us in 2013 and our market gods gentle. With that, please accept our warmest wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013!

The Shrinking Universe of BigLaw

At this juncture post-Dewey and pre-apocalypse, we at Hanover Legal thought it may be useful to offer our view as to the current state of the legal market and our prognosis through Doomsday.

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