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January 01, 2008
Bang bang, you are the warrior. Ready?
Break out of captivity
And follow me, stereo jungle child
Love is the kill.....your heart's still wild.--P. Smyth
New day, new year, and it's time for lawyers to lead. Let's resolve to:
Put clients first, tell clients what we really think, give advice and not just options, stop covering our asses, take risks, stop pretending we are "special", minimize our clubbiness, practice discipline and structure, stop making the law about our convenience and schedules, think like business people and not like mere academics, help clients control costs, fight the mediocrity in legal products and client service we continue to accept, change the way people think about lawyers, quit writing to clients, to courts and to each other like mental patients talking to themselves, become trusted consigilieres, surround ourselves with strong talented people, fire bad clients, refuse to bottom-feed, fire employees who don't or won't get it (and stop pretending they'll see the light), act, and otherwise stop being weenies.
Our clients still wait for us to so evolve. To lead. Ready?
JDH, HHO, TWC 1/1/08
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at January 1, 2008 12:23 AM
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