Article: WHO WILL FOLLOW THE LEADERS?: Survey Shows Majority of Law Firms, Legal Departments Lack Succession Plans.

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Partners or senior attorneys depart from every law office at one time or another, yet most firms don't plan for this eventuality. In a recent survey, 53 percent of attorneys polled said their law firm or legal department does not have a formal succession plan in place for key positions.

The survey was developed by Robert Half Legal, a leading staffing service specializing in attorneys, paralegals and other highly skilled legal professionals. It was conducted by an independent research firm and includes responses from 300 attorneys among the 1,000 largest law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada. All ...

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