About Steve Nelson

is Managing Principal of the Law & Government Affairs and the Law Firm Administration practices at The McCormick Group, an executive search firm based in Arlington, Va. Steve conducts searches for both partners and high-level marketing, practice management and professional development professionals. Previously, he served in high-level editorial and management positions at the Legal Times and Prentice Hall Law & Business. He also practiced antitrust law at a large Washington law firm. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. Steve can be reached at 703.841.1700 or at snelson@tmg-dc.com.

TMG’s Take…on Institutionalizing Clients

A recent article published in the Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report contains a provocative criticism of the rainmaker star approach that many law firms espouse, or at least implicitly accept. […]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:10-05:00September 27, 2014|Categories: Articles & Insights, Legal, TMG's Take|Tags: , |

TMG’s Take…on Lateral Partner Questionnaires

Even in today’s difficult economy, law firms are still bringing in lateral partners, and partners are still changing firms. A key component in the lateral partner hiring process is the lateral partner questionnaire, or LPQ as its termed in today’s [...]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:12-05:00March 2, 2014|Categories: Articles & Insights, Legal, TMG's Take|Tags: , , |

Law Firms Expand Horizons in Finding Professional Development Executives

While talking to a law firm managing partner about a particular candidate for a director of professional development position, I was surprised to hear that the firm preferred to hire a lawyer for that job. In my 15 years following [...]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:12-05:00February 19, 2014|Categories: Articles & Insights|Tags: , , |

TMG’s Take…on Effective Lateral Hiring

Recent surveys conducted by the Citi Private Law Firm Group and Lexis-Nexis indicate that while lateral partner hiring remains as robust as ever, a large number of managing partners question the overall efficacy of such efforts. […]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:21-05:00March 8, 2013|Categories: Articles & Insights, Legal, TMG's Take|Tags: , , |

TMG’s Take…on 2012’s Financial Reports

A study of early financial results reported by law firms for 2012 reveals that last year produced very similar results to 2011, with nearly identical increases in both revenues and profits per partner. […]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:21-05:00February 19, 2013|Categories: Articles & Insights, Legal, TMG's Take|Tags: , |

TMG’s Take…on Law Firm Mergers

A perspective on legal management issues from The McCormick Group. In case you’ve not already heard, 2011 was the year of the law firm merger. According to a recent Wall St. Journal article, there were more law firm mergers in 2011 than [...]

By |2018-02-09T16:12:26-05:00March 2, 2011|Categories: TMG's Take|
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