Law Practice
Aug. 3, 2018
Partner departures can mean bad business for law firms
Even if it’s good, it’s bad.





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).

For law firms, the effects of partner departures are rarely positive. The negative effects tend to come as a shock, because strictly speaking if the right partners leave, theoretically the firm should be better off. Few at the firm would lament the departure of unproductive partners, unprofitable partners, or abusive partners. And indeed, law firms should review partner ranks and metrics on a regular basis to determine whether certain partners fall into those categori...
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