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- catalog abstract "Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true responsibilities, with the result that the profession is rife with client dissatisfaction, public distrust, and discontented lawyers. Money is now the measure of success, while honesty is diluted, and fiduciary responsibility continues to erode. Reforms are needed: unless they come first from the firms themselves, lawyers can be sure that they will come from individuals, agencies, and organizations outside these firms. Fleming's provocative book is for those attorneys, clients, and laymen concerned with the future and the integrity of the practice of law. Fleming begins with a paradox: there has been a large increase in lawyers' fees despite a fourfold increase in the number of lawyers and a surge in their proportion of the general population. After tracing the history and dominance of the large corporate law firm, he shows how cost-effectiveness within these large firms has declined while at the same time what he calls "the magic of the emperor's new clothes" has suspended the law of supply and demand for legal services. Fleming outlines the four existing challenges to business-as-usual by lawyers and law firms, and then details the necessary future changes in law firm practice.".
- catalog contributor b10491362.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. The Paradox -- 2. Invention of the Corporate Law Firm and Its Evolution into the Large Law Firm -- 3. Emergence of the Large Law Firm as the Dominant Element of the Profession -- 4. The Decline of Cost-Effectiveness Within the Large Law Firm -- 5. The Magic of the Emperor's New Clothes Suspends the Law of Supply and Demand -- 6. Excessive Legal Fees: The Count Dracula Clients Cannot Stake -- 7. Excessive Legal Fees: Even the Courts Can't Stake Dracula -- 8. Lawyers and Their Discontents -- 9. The Pervasive Public Distrust of Lawyers -- 10. Through a Glass Darkly -- 11. First Challenge: Client Control of Fees -- 12. Second Challenge: Increased Court Control over Legal Proceedings and Lawyer Conduct -- 13. Third Challenge: The Bite of Competition -- 14. Fourth Challenge: Restlessness in the Workplace -- 15. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Professional Management -- 16. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Integrity and Quality Control -- 17. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Competitiveness and Job Satisfaction -- 18. L'Envoi -- Visions in the Crystal Ball.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-153) and index.".
- catalog description "Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true responsibilities, with the result that the profession is rife with client dissatisfaction, public distrust, and discontented lawyers. Money is now the measure of success, while honesty is diluted, and fiduciary responsibility continues to erode. Reforms are needed: unless they come first from the firms themselves, lawyers can be sure that they will come from individuals, agencies, and organizations outside these firms. Fleming's provocative book is for those attorneys, clients, and laymen concerned with the future and the integrity of the practice of law. Fleming begins with a paradox: there has been a large increase in lawyers' fees despite a fourfold increase in the number of lawyers and a surge in their proportion of the general population. After tracing the history and dominance of the large corporate law firm, he shows how cost-effectiveness within these large firms has declined while at the same time what he calls "the magic of the emperor's new clothes" has suspended the law of supply and demand for legal services. Fleming outlines the four existing challenges to business-as-usual by lawyers and law firms, and then details the necessary future changes in law firm practice.".
- catalog extent "viii, 157 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1567201342 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, Conn : Quorum Books,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "174/.3/0973 21".
- catalog subject "KF315 .F58 1997".
- catalog subject "Lawyers Fees United States.".
- catalog subject "Legal ethics United States.".
- catalog subject "Practice of law Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Paradox -- 2. Invention of the Corporate Law Firm and Its Evolution into the Large Law Firm -- 3. Emergence of the Large Law Firm as the Dominant Element of the Profession -- 4. The Decline of Cost-Effectiveness Within the Large Law Firm -- 5. The Magic of the Emperor's New Clothes Suspends the Law of Supply and Demand -- 6. Excessive Legal Fees: The Count Dracula Clients Cannot Stake -- 7. Excessive Legal Fees: Even the Courts Can't Stake Dracula -- 8. Lawyers and Their Discontents -- 9. The Pervasive Public Distrust of Lawyers -- 10. Through a Glass Darkly -- 11. First Challenge: Client Control of Fees -- 12. Second Challenge: Increased Court Control over Legal Proceedings and Lawyer Conduct -- 13. Third Challenge: The Bite of Competition -- 14. Fourth Challenge: Restlessness in the Workplace -- 15. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Professional Management -- 16. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Integrity and Quality Control -- 17. The Shape of Law Firms to Come: Competitiveness and Job Satisfaction -- 18. L'Envoi -- Visions in the Crystal Ball.".
- catalog title "Lawyers, money, and success : the consequences of dollar obsession / Macklin Fleming.".
- catalog type "text".