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2016/2017 Phase One – A Global Presence
Law Firm – an organization which operates under a common brand. This would include vereins which are
organizations composed of independent firms.2
Global – More than 100 offices in 50 or more countries
International – More than 50 offices in 25 countries
Regional – an association with more than 70% is located in a region or a country (U.S.)
Sources:
Law Firms “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rising, Profits Pooing and A New #1”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_largest_law_firms_by_revenue
Law Firm Yellow Book, Leadership Directories, Summer 2015.
Law Firm Networks – The Future of the Legal Profession
2 A number of authors, consultants, academics have questioned whether a verein is a law firm or in simply a branded network.
Mark A. Cohen, Interview with Lee Pacchia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgmOQBaBrI, February 18, 2016, Michael
Siebold, Are global law firms networks in disguise? The Lawyer, January 25, 2016, http://www.thelawyer.com/are-global-law-
firms-networks-in-disguise/, Mark A. Cohen, Has the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled?, Bloomberg Law, February 10,
2016, https://bol.bna.com/has-the-legal-services-deck-been-reshuffled/, Douglas R. Richmond & Mathew K. Corbin, Professional
Responsibility and Liability Aspect of Vereins, the Swiss Army Knife of Global Law Firm Combinations, 88 St. John’s L. Rev.
917 (2014); see also Edwin B. Reseser & Martin J. Foley, Are Verein-Style Law Firms Ignoring Fee-Splitting Ethic Rules?, ABA
JOURNAL, Oct. 1, 2013, www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/are_verein-style_law_firms_ignoring_fee-splitting_ethics_rules.
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Law Firm – an organization which operates under a common brand. This would include vereins which are
organizations composed of independent firms.2
Global – More than 100 offices in 50 or more countries
International – More than 50 offices in 25 countries
Regional – an association with more than 70% is located in a region or a country (U.S.)
Sources:
Law Firms “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rising, Profits Pooing and A New #1”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_largest_law_firms_by_revenue
Law Firm Yellow Book, Leadership Directories, Summer 2015.
Law Firm Networks – The Future of the Legal Profession
2 A number of authors, consultants, academics have questioned whether a verein is a law firm or in simply a branded network.
Mark A. Cohen, Interview with Lee Pacchia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgmOQBaBrI, February 18, 2016, Michael
Siebold, Are global law firms networks in disguise? The Lawyer, January 25, 2016, http://www.thelawyer.com/are-global-law-
firms-networks-in-disguise/, Mark A. Cohen, Has the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled?, Bloomberg Law, February 10,
2016, https://bol.bna.com/has-the-legal-services-deck-been-reshuffled/, Douglas R. Richmond & Mathew K. Corbin, Professional
Responsibility and Liability Aspect of Vereins, the Swiss Army Knife of Global Law Firm Combinations, 88 St. John’s L. Rev.
917 (2014); see also Edwin B. Reseser & Martin J. Foley, Are Verein-Style Law Firms Ignoring Fee-Splitting Ethic Rules?, ABA
JOURNAL, Oct. 1, 2013, www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/are_verein-style_law_firms_ignoring_fee-splitting_ethics_rules.
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