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Law Practice

Oct. 4, 2014

Corporate counsel stress importance of succession planning

In-house attorneys say a quick way for a law firm to ruin its relationship with them is to put off communicating about partner retirement plans.


By Alison Frost


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Corporate counsel say a quick way for a law firm to ruin its relationship with them is to put off communicating about partner retirement plans.


Unlike lateral moves, when an attorney may be contractually obligated not to discuss his or her impending departure, retirement "is not something that sneaks up on anybody," said Adobe Systems Inc. Associate General Counsel Lisa Konie.


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