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webinars opened to all FDCC members, as well
as people in your firms that would find value in participating, such as your managing partner or chief operating officer. As the moderator, I have the privilege of speaking with a panel consisting of FDCC members knowledgeable on the particular topic, such as:
• John Trimble on strategic planning;
• Dan Kohane on marketing and business development; and
• Howard Merten on attorney recruitment.
As a Section, we are also working on a program for
the FDCC 2024 Winter Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, focused on leadership.
One of the things I learned as a law firm leader during Covid is that new, and in some instances unexpected, issues surrounding law firm management come up
Whether you are the managing partner of your firm, on your firm’s executive committee, the head of a department, chair of a practice group, or supervising attorney, you undoubtedly face management and practice issues every day.
every day. Due to Covid and the uncertainty it initially brought in early 2020, many law firms scrambled to get their footing. What followed were discussions about new issues such as work/life balance, remote and hybrid work, attorney wellness and burnout, and the great resignation. These are precisely the things we want to continue talking about in this Section, along with more traditional topics, such as:
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Best practices
Client management
Client succession planning
Crisis management
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
HR and employment matters Law firm culture
• Leadership development •
• Law firm economics • (profitability, cash flow, • compensation structures, • budgeting, analytics, key performance indicators, ROI) •
Recruitment and retention Retirement planning Social responsibility Strategic planning
Talent management
I look
webinar to join the conversation, collaborate and learn from one another. Our the “FDCC Friday 5’s.”
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• Marking and business • development
• Partnership structure
forward to seeing you all in Colorado Springs at the Annual Meeting this
Technology
• Training and onboarding
• Trends
summer and hopefully at our next webinar topics and dates are listed in
Jody Briandi is the Chair of the Law Practice Management Section, and President & Managing Partner at Hurwitz Fine, P.C. in Buffalo, NY. Contact her at jeb@hurwitzfine.com.
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