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Law Practice

Dec. 29, 2012

Small firms expect more work, struggles over growth in next decade

Advances in technology, increasingly money-conscious clients and the innovation and implementation of hybrid billing rates are a few of the many factors allowing smaller law firms to compete against the Goliaths of the industry.


By Ryne Hodkowski


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The legal playing field has leveled considerably in recent years. Advances in technology, increasingly money-conscious clients and the innovation and implementation of hybrid billing rates are a few of the many factors allowing smaller law firms to compete against the Goliaths of the industry. Over the next decade, industry observers say, the world is small firms' oyster. Law school graduates are finding ...

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