Survey Excerpts

Date   Title Author(s)
April 10, 2006   Associate Billable Hours Survey of Law Firm Economics
March 10, 2006   Associate Hourly Billing Rates Survey of Law Firm Economics
August 1, 2002   Billable Hours by Specialty Survey of Law Firm Economics
September 1, 2002   Billing Rates by Firm Size Survey of Law Firm Economics
June 5, 2015   Challenges of Change: Law Firms in Transition 2015 Thomas S. Clay
Eric A. Seeger
April 1, 2007   Chief Legal Officer Median Total Cash Compensation - By Size of Department Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey
January 8, 2007   Compensation Decision Factors Survey of Compensation Systems in Private Law Firms
August 1, 2002   Costs of Branch Offices Survey of Law Firm Economics
Ward Bower
June 5, 2009   De-equitization; Longer Partner Track Law Firms in Transition
May 1, 2005   Despite Emphasis on Marketing, Little Growth in Actual Spending Survey of Law Firm Economics
August 1, 2002   Diseconomies of Scale Survey of Law Firm Economics
Ward Bower
May 1, 2003   Do "Homegrown" Law Department Legal Administrators Make More Money than Those Hired From the Outside? Law Department Legal Administrator Compensation Survey
August 1, 2002   Expenditures Per Lawyer as Percentage of Gross Receipts Survey of Law Firm Economics
February 10, 2006   First-Year Associate Salaries Survey of Law Firm Economics
October 1, 2004 Hiring (and Firing) Outside Counsel - Charts from Law Department Management Benchmarks Survey Law Department Management Benchmarks Survey
March 12, 2007   Law Firm Expenses 2006 Survey of Law Firm Economics
August 1, 2003   Law Firm Overhead and CPI Survey of Law Firm Economics
June 11, 2012   Law Firms' Greatest Challenges Thomas S. Clay
Eric A. Seeger
August 1, 2004   Lawyers with Firm Management Responsibilities Still Required to Produce Managing Partner & Executive Director Survey
May 1, 2001   Managing Partner & Executive Director Compensation Managing Partner & Executive Director Survey
June 1, 2001   Managing Partner Time Allocation Managing Partner & Executive Director Survey
July 1, 2004   Managing Partners Lack Leadership Training Managing Partner & Executive Director Survey
May 1, 2003   Paralegal Experience - Not Certificate - Is Hiring Preference Paralegal Compensation Survey
September 1, 2002   Partner Hourly Rates by Specialty Survey of Law Firm Economics
May 10, 2013   Partner Morale 2013 2013 Law Firms in Transition Survey
October 1, 2005   Practice Specialties and Hourly Rates Survey of Law Firm Economics
May 16, 2012   Ten Trends: 2009-2012 Law Firms in Transition Thomas S. Clay
Eric A. Seeger
September 1, 2002   Trend Comparison of Annual Billable Hours Survey of Law Firm Economics
October 1, 2002   Value of Fees Receiveable at Year-End, Average Per Lawyer Survey of Law Firm Economics
October 1, 2003   Value of Unbilled Time Written Off During Year - Median Per Lawyer Survey of Law Firm Economics
November 7, 2014   What Clients Want: A Law Firm Cheat Sheet Daniel J. DiLucchio, Jr.
March 9, 2018   Why Do Clients Switch Law Firms? Chief Legal Officer Survey 2017
May 7, 2012   Would You Advise Your Child to Attend Law School in 2012? 2012 Law Firms in Transition Survey

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