Score one for the little guy: Clients and mainstream media
are noticing that mega firms might not just be the cure-all for the legal
industry. E.g., Basha Rubin, Big Law, Big Problems: The Bright Future For Small Firms, Forbes.com (July 7, 2014 12:59 pm). Sure, there’s money, prestige, and
comfort associated with hiring one: we
can afford this, we mean business,
I’m toast if we went with the smaller
firm and it lost. But there’s also a
benefit to a client for choosing a smaller firm: probably lower fees, possibly
more attentive service, fewer headache-inducing conflicts-of-interest issues.
There’s also benefit to the lawyer or support staff who opts
for the small firm. Yes, there may well be less money, less prestige, and
possibly less glamorous workspace. But
there may well be greater opportunity, more responsibility early on, exciting
challenges on a daily basis, and a real sense of contribution to something
being built. Is big firm v. small firm really such a tough decision?—Lori Tripoli
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