Bylined Pieces

A chapter by Deborah Farone from the book “Running Legal Like a Business: The Fundamentals of Legal Operations for Law Departments,” by Connie Brenton and Susan Raridon Lambreth.   Imagine having the perfect role within a great legal department. Each day, you’re adding value and doing the work you love. The most innovative assignments seem to fall from the sky….

As Featured in Forbes on Jan. 05, 2022. A few years ago, a CMO friend referred a talented young lawyer to me. The lawyer was on the precipice of great career success but wanted to improve her abilities by working with a marketing coach. I already had several law firm clients and looming deadlines, but like anyone who has trouble…

As Featured in Bloomberg Law on Dec. 15, 2021. The start of the new year is when people try to commit to improving their mental and physical health by going to the gym, cutting back on social media, or curbing their consumption of carbohydrates. Yet when thinking about goals for 2022, lawyers may be best served by considering their marketing…

As featured in Law.com on August 25, 2021. For the last several years, there is one recurring question lawyers have been asking me: “What is the secret behind rainmaking?” After having served two long-term tenures as a chief marketing officer, first for Debevoise & Plimpton and more recently for 14 years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, I left to write…

As featured in Forbes on August 20, 2021. Several studies demonstrate that those who write down their goals are more likely to achieve them. Perhaps the most famous of these studies was conducted by psychology professor Dr. Gail Matthews at the Dominican University of California. In 2007, Matthews led a study on goal-setting. The results were telling: Those who wrote…

As featured in PLI’s Chronicle on May 10, 2021.   In the U.S., we seem to be turning a corner on Covid and talking more about returning to a post-pandemic work life (at the very least, many of us are wearing real shoes again). We are reading reports of people around the world getting jabbed with vaccines and hearing increased…

As featured in Bloomberg Law on February 22, 2021.  Client development is an ongoing struggle for attorneys and other professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. As working from home remains the...

As featured in “Forbes” on November 30, 2020. For the last two centuries, for most young lawyers, legal training in the United States has meant studying at law school and taking courses in civil procedure and constitutional law. What it hasn’t provided, until very recently, are lessons in how to operate a business, how to innovate or how to think…

By Brad S. Karp, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Deborah Farone, Farone Advisors LLC. As featured in PLI's "The Chronicle" on September 29, 2020.   Do you...