Law Practice,
Law Office Management
Feb. 28, 2018
Should that partner stay or should that partner go?
The best risk management approach for partner departures is to prevent the right partners from wanting to leave the firm in the first place.





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).
PARTNER DEPARTURE LAW
Last month, we outlined ways that law firms can use partnership agreements to disincentivize partners from departing the firm. Protecting the firm through the partnership agreement is an important way for law firms to manage the risks of partner departures. The partnership agreement is also among several tools the firm can and should employ to address the potential for partner departures. But the best risk management appr...
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