Duane Morris the law firm, by the late 2000s, had converted itself from a growing U.S firm to a substantial global player. The firm’s independently joint organizational culture, which had featured a translucent, data driven settlement system, practice-group integration across multiple offices, and rewards for attorneys who shared responsibility, had led to the firm's success as it had expanded into new U.S. and international offices.
However, in the middle of a substantially cut-throat legal profession and a shaky world economy, Duane Morris lawyers started to wonder-could collaboration survive as a firm value? Would the culture of the company help it continue to grow in the years ahead and bring in advanced legal work, or would its attorneys necessarily begin to keep work as the company navigated an ever-more competitive environment to themselves?
PUBLICATION DATE: July 26, 2013 PRODUCT #: 414022-PDF-ENG
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