Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Will Revolutionize Law. Part Two. How often are your lawyers correct? Last week, I posted the introductory part of a TED-talk style presentation I gave on some of the ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) will likely…
AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning Will Revolutionize the Practice of Law (Part 1) Big changes are coming. But what does this mean? Exactly how will this affect us? Predicting the future is challenging, but in a TED Talk-style presentation…
Four weeks. Five cities. Ten presentations. I have a pretty busy speaking schedule over the next month, presenting 10 times in 4 weeks in Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, and Denver (the schedule is below). If you’re in the neighborhood…
So what’s the Construction Lawyers Society of America (CLSA)? There’s been quite a bit of conversation (and some confusion) regarding the CLSA. This is a new honorary association of top construction lawyers. The invitations to leading lawyers across the US and…
Helping Law Students Build a More-Successful Careers. I had the best time last week, standing on stage in Tull Auditorium at my alma mater, Emory Law School and presenting an hour-long speech to the shiny new first-year law students at the…
Ross Fishman selected as a 2017 LawDragon “Leading Legal Strategist” Fishman Marketing is delighted to announce that Ross Fishman was selected as one of the 2017 LawDragon 100 “Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists.” Ross was honored as one of just…
Offering Joint Networking Training to Your Firm AND Clients A friend asked how she could encourage her firm to market more closely and effectively with their financial-institution clients. My favorite way is offering joint marketing training. Banks like giving their…
Because they’re really hard to do well. It’s not just you–most law firm blogs stink. Here’s why. I responded to a question on an online legal marketing group posed by someone whose firm was struggling to re-launch a blog “to…
So much consolidation has already occurred that in many markets the only remaining standalone law firms are either: (1) fiercely independent, or (2) mediocre. That is, in many larger cities the leading smaller firms were acquired many years ago, in the…
“Brand” your firm at your favorite law schools for just $3.00. Q: How can our firm improve our recruiting results with our target law students? A: Increase your firm’s visibility and name recognition on campus. The evidence is clear — law firms with…