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Law Practice

Jul. 28, 2020

Managing COVID-19’s second wave of disruption for your law firm

Another wave of change is coming. We think of it as analogous to the aftershocks of an earthquake: They happen after the big event and they can be bigger and worse than the initial event.

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).

Law firms have been experiencing extreme disruption as a result of COVID-19 and its effects, which has forced firms to implement change on a scale that has never happened before, at least this quickly. And for law firms, which typically process change very slowly, if at all, it’s been remarkable to observe just how quickly this has occurred.

The first wave of change. Many law firms managed the switch to remo...

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