Managing Partner Corner

Wendy Merrill | Few small or midsize firms can compete with Biglaw salaries, but there are ways to make sure your best lawyers stick around.

Wendy Merrill | The sweep-it-under-the-rug attitude may seem to keep issues at bay, but avoidance creates fertile ground for festering feelings.

Wendy Merrill | Curiosity is the secret sauce to effective law firm leadership and sound client advocacy.

Wendy Merrill | Too many attorneys have suffered from some form of workplace trauma in their career.

Wendy Merrill | For firms committed to securing a sustainable future, it falls to their managing partners to set a tone of transparency.

Wendy Merrill | Whatever the reason for assuming the role, few attorneys anticipate what awaits them in the MP's corner office.

Wendy Merrill | It’s lonely at the top — an inconvenient reality most managing partners feel but don’t want to admit.

Wendy Merrill | The only way younger associate attorneys will make money for your firm is if they feel the firm is invested in their training and success.

Wendy Merrill | To be an effective leader and astute business owner, you must reconcile fear with a willingness to take on risk.

Wendy Merrill | It's common for firms to ask their biggest rainmaker to be managing partner. But is that the right move?