Patrick Fuller

Jun 13, 2024 | law.com | Patrick Fuller |Gina Passarella

We recently celebrated the Am Law 200’s silver anniversary (25 years), which yielded various interesting insights from a quarter-century’s worth of data. The biggest takeaway we will explore in this newsletter is the overwhelming focus on growth by many of the nation’s 200 largest firms and how that focus has impacted their overall financial health. But let’s go back in history to when MTV played music videos. In 1987, McDonald’s introduced the concept of “super-sizing” value meals.

Jun 13, 2024 | law.com | Patrick Fuller |Gina Passarella

We recently celebrated the Am Law 200’s silver anniversary (25 years), which yielded various interesting insights from a quarter-century’s worth of data. The biggest takeaway we will explore in this newsletter is the overwhelming focus on growth by many of the nation’s 200 largest firms and how that focus has impacted their overall financial health. But let’s go back in history to when MTV played music videos. In 1987, McDonald’s introduced the concept of “super-sizing” value meals.

Jan 26, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Gina Passarella |Patrick Fuller |Paul Hodkinson |David Gialanella

If we’re being honest, the new editor has been around awhile. It’s been nearly 14 years since I joined ALM, and many wonderful opportunities have come. I’ve headed the New Jersey Law Journal since 2016 and overseen all ALM regional brands since 2020. I’ve helped lead recognition programs, and hosted recognition events, in six states. I’ve helped lead Law.com Pro Mid-Market since its forebear (The Mid-Market Report) was launched.

Oct 4, 2023 | law.com | Patrick Fuller |Gina Passarella

In part one of our three-part series looking back on 2022’s “People, Places, & Profit,” we examined partner hires, the continued leverage model shift, and debuted the Professional Staff per Lawyer (PSPL) metric. In part two, we’re looking deeper into the domestic markets where Am Law 200 and NLJ 350 law firms are opening offices. As mentioned in part one, New York and Washington, D.C., were the most active markets for Am Law 200 partner hires in 2022, which will be the case in most years.

Jun 26, 2023 | linkedin.com | Patrick Fuller

Join my longtime friend and colleague Mark Medice and me as we dive into a mid-year review of the state of the legal profession. Multiple challenges have emerged that threaten law firm profitability in 2023—falling demand, rising expenses, shifting client preferences and expectations, and a looming threat of wider economic turmoil and uncertainty, to name a few.