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Patrick J. Lamb
Patrick Lamb is a founding member of Valorem Law Group. Valorem represents corporate clients in business disputes, and is at the forefront of helping clients solve their business disputes and coping with pressures to reduce legal spend using non-traditional approaches, including use of non-hourly fee structures, coordination with LPOs or contract lawyers, joint venturing with other firms and implementation of project management tools to handle lawsuits or portfolios of litigation.
Pat is the author of the the recently published book Alternative Fee Arrangements: Value Fees and the Changing Legal Market (2010). He also blogs at In Search Of Perfect Client Service.
Recent Articles
Value edges out cost-cutting in survey of in-house counsel priorities
Jun 12, 2013, 11:35 am CDT
When measuring achievement of lawyers, should hours or results matter most?
Apr 25, 2013, 09:11 am CDT
What clients are saying about the future—and what it means
Apr 3, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
Why clients fear alternative fee arrangements
Feb 27, 2013, 09:30 am CDT
Do you deduct time from your billing sheet for bathroom breaks? And other billable-hour mysteries
Jan 17, 2013, 09:30 am CDT
13 New Year’s Resolutions for Improving Client Service
Jan 9, 2013, 09:45 am CDT
Prepping a Value-Fee Engagement Letter? Consider These 13 Issues First
Nov 7, 2012, 10:02 am CDT
Is It Good Enough to Simply Look Good?
Oct 16, 2012, 08:30 am CDT
To Survive, Firms Will Have to Get Serious About Costs, Get Off the Lockstep Treadmill
Oct 9, 2012, 08:30 am CDT
Eight Qualities of a New Normal Legal Entrepreneur
Sep 4, 2012, 02:49 pm CDT
