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- Blogging Basics
- Fellow News
- Fellow Profile
- Rememberances of Robert Yegge and John Connor
- InnovAction Update
- Mark Your Calendars
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This & That
Dues Reminder
If you have not paid your 2007 Fellow dues, please do so by March
31.
What's new?
You
tell us! Have you changed jobs, received an honor,
written a book. . . . let us know so we can include the information in
next quarter's newsletter. Has your firm just completed some
proprietary research, changed locations, launched a new practice. . .
.let us - and the Fellows know! Have you recently retired,
retooled, opened a new office or changed firms and you're looking for
advice and counsel from those who went before? Send us a note for
distribution to the other Fellows. They are, you know, the cream
of the law practice management crop.
Great New College Sponsorship Opportunities
Are Available
For more information contact College headquarters at colpm@comcast.net
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Blogging Basics
Have
you checked out the new collaborative College
blog? Want to join the conversation but don't know what to
do? It's easy. Just follow these simple steps.
To view the blog, simply
go to http://blog.colpm.org/colpm/
To be an author, contact
ron@prismlegal.com or
colpm@comcast.net to
receive rights. If you can surf the web and read e-mail, you can learn to write a blog post in under 20 minutes.
To comment on an existing post,
click the Comments link at the bottom of a post. The author will
have a chance to review your comment before it appears on the blog.
To post a blog entry without becoming
an official author, send your comments to ron@prismlegal.com or colpm@comcast.net. Ron or Karen will review it, then post it, signing your name.
Vous blog?
Are you a blogger? Would you like a link to your
blog to appear on the College blog? Contact Ron Friedmann at ron@prismlegal.com.
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Fellow News
Sally Fiona King has joined
Clifford Chance LLP in their New York Office as their new Chief Operating Officer.
Stephen Mayson has contributed to
the recently published book Managing the Modern Law Firm. New challenges and new perspectives.
The publication examines the
issues of the role of partners, new practice development, payment
systems, the value of legal knowledge, career development and
competitive advantage
in law firms.
Maggie Callicrate is
one of
the founding members in the newly created Kerma Partners.
Kerma Partners is the recent combination of principals from Edge
International,
Hodgart and Leishman Performance Strategy. They advise
professional service firms on strategic and competitive issues.
Ross Fishman, Sally Schmidt, Merrilyn Astin
Tarlton and Norm Rubenstein were inducted as the inaugural class of the Legal Marketing
Association's Hall of Fame this week. Congratulations!
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Fellow Profile
Andrew Z. Adkins
How did you get started in the legal
profession?
I'm
actually an electronics engineer; I have a BS and an ME
degree and I worked as an engineer in industry for seven years. My
father was a lawyer in Gainesville FL for 36 years and my uncle, James
C. Adkins,
was a Florida Supreme Court Justice. When I started consulting with
lawyers in 1989, the name "Adkins" had a good reputation and it helped
me open
alot of doors. Of course, neither my father nor my uncle used computers, so the rest was left up to me. More
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Remembrances
Robert B. Yegge
By Jack Hanley
On
December 16th, friends, colleagues, students and the entire
legal profession lost a legend. Robert B. Yegge, Dean Emeritus of
the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, died of respiratory
failure at
a Denver, Colorado hospice.
Bob
Yegge was born June 17, 1934 and, despite the handicap of
having a lawyer for a father, went on to set his own gold standard as a
lawyer, law professor and dean. At the tender age of 14, while a
student
in Junior High, he began hosting a Saturday morning radio show called
"Teen Scenes," which featured contemporary music by well-known artists
of the
day. More
In Memoriam
John Conner,
an
early practice management pioneer, passed away in
December. John practiced law for more than thirty years
in Washington,
D.C., and was most recently a partner at the law firm of McKenna, Long
& Aldridge, LLP. As third Chairman of the Committee on
Economics of Law
Practice of the American Bar Association, he actively promoted and
participated in early national conferences on law office economics and
management. He helped kindle the national spark of interest in
law practice management. His paper, Elements of Proper
Timekeeping, given
at the Third National Conference on Law Office Economics and Management
in 1968, is a classic. He implanted his notions on effective
management
into his law firm which ultimately expanded into a firm of national
recognition. John was inducted as a Honorary Fellow in the
College in
1994.
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All eyes on Philadelphia – September 7 &
8!
If
your calendar
isn’t marked . . . .then mark it right now. The Annual Meeting
and Induction Dinner is scheduled for the Four Seasons in Philadelphia
on
September 7 and 8 of this year. You’ll want to be there for the
induction of this year’s class of Fellows, but we also anticipate
this will be one of our biggest years for attendance. You’ll see
old friends, make new ones and share your wisdom in formal and informal
discussion groups. Mary Beth Pratt, 2007 Program Chair, is
putting together a great couple of days. If you have thoughts,
questions,
suggestions for the program, just give her a shout at mbpratt@mbprattconsulting.com. Or contact Karen Rosen at College headquarters. |
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