Leading Lawyers: Managing Partners From Akin Gump, Kilpatrick Stockton, King & Spalding and More on Becoming a Senior Partner & Leader in Your Law Firm (Inside the Minds)

Inside the Minds: Leading Lawyers is the most authoritative book ever written on the legal profession, featuring an unprecedented collection of Managing Partners and Chairs from the world's leading law firms. These visionaires reveal the secrets behind becoming a managing partner/chair of a practice group and balancing professional as well as personal lives, all the while increasing your worth to a firm. Addressing such issues as management, teamwork, landing new clients, building a firm, time management and compensation, this is a candid look inside the minds of the world's best lawyers. The book is a must-read for attorneys at every level, law school students and anyone interested in the legal profession.Praise for Inside the Minds: "Great practical advice and thoughtful insights." - Mark Gruhin, Partner, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard, P.C. "Useful and understandable insight…" -Stuart Lubitz, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Co-Head of Litigation, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett R. Bruce McClean, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Chairman - On Being a Successful Lawyer William H. Brewster, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Managing Partner - Entering the Legal Profession Mary B. Cranston, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Chair - Using Vision to Shape Lawyers and Law Firms Walter Driver, Jr., King & Spalding, Chairman - The Art of Becoming a Great Lawyer: Competence, Commitment, and the Ability to Tryly Listen to Clients Robert E. Giles, Perkins Coie, LLP, Firmwide Managing Partner - Managing the Firm Bryan L. Goolsby, Locke Lidell & Saap LLP, Managing Partner - Challenges and Risks in Building a Legal Practice Robert F. Ruyak, Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP, Managing Partner - The Power of Focus Robert O. Link, Jr., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Chairman - The Role of the Lawyer in Business and Society Jack H. Nusbaum, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Chairman - Being a Successful Lawyer Keith W. Vaughan, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, Chair - Achieving Success as a Lawyer: The Keys to a Rewarding Career Keith C. Wetmore, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Chair - Skills for Successful Lawyering Authors R. Bruce McLean, William H. Brewster, Mary B. Cranston, Walter Driver, Jr., Robert E. Giles, Bryan L. Goolsby, Robert F. Ruyak, Robert O. Link, Jr., Jack H. Nusbaum, Keith W. Vaughan, and Keith C. Wetmore. Annotation Inside the Minds: Leading Lawyers is the most authoritative book ever written on the legal profession, featuring an unprecedented collection of Managing Partners and Chairs from the world's leading law firms. These visionaires reveal the secrets behind becoming a managing partner/chair of a practice group and balancing professional as well as personal lives, all the while increasing your worth to a firm. Addressing such issues as management, teamwork, landing new clients, building a firm, time management and compensation, this is a candid look inside the minds of the world's best lawyers. The book is a must-read for attorneys at every level, law school students and anyone interested in the legal profession Publisher Fact Sheet Leading Lawyers is the most authoritative book ever written on the legal profession, written by an unprecedented collection of Managing Partners from the leading law firms of the world. These Leading Lawyers reveal the secrets to client relationships, becoming managing partner, balancing professional and personal lives, increasing your worth to a firm, management, working in teams, landing new clients, building a firm, time management, compensation and more. An unprecedented look inside the minds of the world's best lawyers makes for critical reading for every lawyer, law school student and anyone interested in the legal profession The legal profession used to be less specialized than it is now, just as being a doctor today can mean so many more things than it did even 20 years ago.