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Please join us on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 for Inside the Mind of the Client Presented by Nat Slavin Kent Zimmermann Focusing on how in-house counsel think when it comes to selecting, managing and collaborating with outside counsel, "Inside the Mind of the Client" has won critical acclaim from leading legal industry thought-leaders and has been presented to a handful of leading law firms at partner meetings. This highly quantitative discussion will present statistics from national surveys of Chief Legal Officers and other in-house counsel gathered by Inside Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel, and other sources, on perceptions that outside counsel have about: |
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How outside counsel under-perform and over-perform
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The largest legal department challenges and how outside counsel can help solve those challenges
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Billing missteps and how firms can prevent them
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The nuances of legal department pressures when it comes to outside counsel costs and how to be sensitive to those pressures.
The presentation includes extensive use of direct, off-the-record quotes from in-house counsel at leading companies on a range of relevant topics including thoughts on:
- The typical law firm proposal process
- Comments on surprises that law firms should avoid
- Problems with cross-selling
Event Details
WHEN: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
WHERE: The law firm of Plunkett Cooney
38505 Woodward Ave., Suite 2000
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
TIME: Registration and Networking: 11:30 a.m. – Noon
Lunch: Noon – 12:15 p.m.
Program: 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
COST: $25.00 – LMA Members
$35.00 – Guests & Non-Members
QUESTIONS? Contact Sydney Iglitzen at siglitzen@usebrinks.com or John Cornwell at jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.
We look forward to seeing you at the program.
IMPORTANT NOTE: LMA Chicago policy states that all no-shows will be billed unless you cancel by NOON on Friday, July 18, 2008.