Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:34 AM
Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq., has posted his recent discussion with Greg Jordan, Reed Smith's Firmwide Managing Partner and Chairman, A Conversation with Greg Jordan of Reed Smith.
In 1999, Reed Smith's 610 lawyers generated $168-million in revenue, from 14 offices in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
At the start of 2007, its 1,500 lawyers are on track to do $900-million in revenue, from 21 offices across the US from California to Chicago to New York, and in the UK, the European Continent, and the Mideast.
In early April I had a chance to spend a couple of hours with Greg Jordan, the Firmwide Managing Partner and Chairman, who was elected to that role in 2000, at the start of that period of astonishing growth. Here's what we discussed.
What follows in an enlightening report on Reed Smith's transition and growth. These are key topics for many mid-size to large law firms as the big firms just seem to be getting bigger and competition continues to heat up. I found it well worth the read; you can find it here: A Conversation with Greg Jordan of Reed Smith.