Law Practice,
Law Office Management
Jan. 24, 2020
Time to dust off your law firm partnership agreement
We counsel our law firm clients to be at least as diligent about planning ahead for their own practices as they would suggest for their clients’ problems.
Daniel O'Rielly
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: djo@oriellyroche.com
Daniel focuses his practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
Dena Roche
Partner
O'Rielly & Roche, LLP
Partner Departure Law
Email: dena@oriellyroche.com
Dena focuses her practice on Partner Departure Law, providing counsel for law firms and attorneys navigating partner departures, Law Firm Advice and Planning, and Legal Ethics Counsel, advising law firms and attorneys regarding ethics issues and compliance. The firm publishes the California Partner Departure Law blog (www.partnerdeparturelaw.com) and the California Attorney Ethics blog (wwww.attorneyethics.com).
Last month, we identified some law firm resolutions for this year, including revisiting your firm’s partnership agreement and, if necessary, revising or replacing it. It’s a common, but perhaps not surprising, paradox of lawyers that they frequently quarantine their own best advice for their clients, while ignoring obvious and perhaps significant risks in their own practices. We counsel our law firm clients to be at least as diligent about planning ahead for their own...
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