any legal or technology news today without feeling like we are living in exciting times for small and mid-sized law firms and their clients. The legal profession continues to go through a revolution in the cost and delivery of powerful forces are at work in creating the law firm of the future or as Primerus calls it, the law firm of the 21st century. Those two forces are often looked at and discussed independently, as if they are totally unrelated to each other, instead of being integral parts of the "perfect storm" that is revolutionizing the legal profession. They are: small and mid-sized firms for quality service and greater value. According to Altman Weil's 15th annual Chief Legal Officer Survey, only four percent how law firms provide legal services. Four percent. Among the changes they would like to see: greater cost reductions, more efficient project management and better budget forecasting. between the large and small law firms. innovation," which Wikipedia defines as "innovation that helps create a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network (over time), displacing an earlier technology." At Primerus, we're embracing these times. As a society of independent, boutique law firms around the world currently with 180 law firms with 3,000 lawyers in 40 countries our firms are perfectly suited to give clients what they're demanding in this new economy. Each Primerus another, avoiding the high overhead and bureaucracy of big law. But our firms and by extension, our clients, enjoy the benefits of a global alliance, including assurance that all members have met stringent quality commitment to values reflected in the Six Pillars (integrity, excellent work product, reasonable fees, continuing legal education, civility and community service). Primerus firms work together as one unit, partnering with clients to offer them enhanced value and high quality legal services at low costs anywhere in the world. We invite you to join us as we harness technology and revolutionize the future of the legal industry. of legal services across the globe. Two powerful forces are at work in creating the law firm of the future or as Primerus calls it, the law firm of the 21st century. |