Lean and Mean Litigation Blog
"Dedicated to assisting in-house counsel, corporations and their outside law firms to learn how to lower their litigation costs while maximizing results in high-stakes litigation matters."
Author: Stewart Weltman is a solo practitioner in Chicago.
Blawg Related Categories: In-house Counsel • Law Practice Management • Trials & Litigation • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Lean and Mean Litigation Blog
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Deciding Who To Depose [Part II]
In Part I of "Deciding Who to Depose" I discussed why a blunderbuss approach to creating a deposition program is inadvisable - both because of litigation costs and litigation strategy. Today's post is about the…
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Out of Control Profession - Or What Have You Done For Me Lately?
In an article discussing the ousting of the chairman of Cadwalader [click here] - one of the new mega NYC based firms - detailing how their "profits per partner" were down to $2.7 million and…
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To All Aspiring Litigators - Get Thee To A Courtroom
Today it is tougher than ever for young aspiring litigators to get hands on in court experience. More and more young litigators are becoming litigation partners having never tried a case let alone first chair…
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THE DANGERS OF RELYING ON E-DISCOVERY SOFTWARE EXPOSED AND WHY A CLAWBACK PROVISION IS THE WAY TO GO
Not sure why but I received a client alert bulletin from one of the ALM top 10 firms [I am not a client and have been adverse to this firm many times]. The bulletin advised…
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ARE WE LAWYERS OR MBAs?
Click here to read an article that to me reflects much about the problems that confront our profession and the clients we serve. It discusses how a mega rainmaking litigation partner - purportedly bringing in…
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CORRECTION - ON GET THEE TO A COURTROOM
For those of you who may have automatically received a post from this blog entitled "For Aspiring Litigators - Get Thee to A Courtroom", as you may have surmised, this was not supposed to have…
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The Faustian Deal and Why We Litigators Must Change The Way We Practice
Perhaps because I have a son who is about to enter the profession and perhaps because he is a coveted recruit, I write this post as a small and quiet call for a new paradigm…
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WHAT IS ALL THE HUBUB ABOUT E-DISCOVERY?
We have all seen them - various consulting firms advertising their new software programs for e-discovery consulting services. Some of them even provide testimonials from various major firms - about how this or that consulting…
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Exhibit No. 1 ON WHY OUR PROFESSION HAS LOST ITS WAY
I don't know why others went into the practice of law but here is why I did. It provided me with a career that included intellectual stimulation and challenge, while at the same time would,…
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Lean and Mean Blog's Author Starts A Series Of Articles In "Corporate Counselor" Discussing How To Better Manage Litigation Costs
Time to blow my own horn a little. Starting in this May's issue of The Corporate Counselor, an ALM newsletter subscribed to by approximately 4,000 general counsel across the country, this blog's author will commence…