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Aligning capability and practice: Are your lawyers punching below their weight?

Ed Wesemann
| General

The twin recessions of the past decade have left many large law firms seriously misaligned in the quality of the work performed by their lawyers. Some firms’ lawyers are in over their heads, but many others are wading around in the shallow end. Edge International has developed a Capability Alignment tool that can help firms better match the right work to the right attorney.

Ed Wesemann
Author

Ed Wesemann (1946–2016) was a principal at Edge International and considered one of the leading global experts on law firm strategy and culture. He specialized in assisting law firms with strategic issues involving market dominance, governance, mergers and acquisitions, and the activities necessary for strategy implementation. Ed was the author of several books on law firm management, including Looking Tall by Standing Next to Short People, Creating Dominance: Winning Strategies for Law Firms, and The First Great Myth of Legal Management is That It Exists.