Kim TassoLaw firm analysis – MHA Legal Benchmarking Annual Report 2020
Posted on: January 14, 2021
I regularly scan for research reports that can be used by professional service firms (lawyers, accountants and surveyors) when conducting their business analysis and business, financial and marketing planning. I share summaries of key reports to assist firms with their planning. The MHA Legal Benchmarking Annual Report 2020 (8th) covers 2019 so no doubt there […]
Book Review: The Legal PR Guide – Gaining buy-in to law firm media relations
Posted on: December 12, 2019
Last month saw the launch of the PRCA’s Legal PR Guide which was produced in conjunction with Byfield Consultancy. I contributed the chapter on buy-in. About the Legal PR Guide At just 60 pages, the Legal PR Guide is short and to the point. But it contains a wealth of wisdom Law firms and public […]
Client Feedback – From the horse’s mouth: The Crown Estate, Surrey County Cricket Club and JUUL Laboratories (2018)
Posted on: November 8, 2018At the 2018 Professional Marketing Conference (see http://kimtasso.com/professional-marketing-forum-conference-report-2018-the-bare-necessities/), there was the usual client panel where clients of legal, accountancy and property professional services firms gave their views on marketing and client service. Continuing the series of Client Feedback – From the horse’s mouth: The Crown Estate, Surrey County Cricket Club and JUUL Laboratories provide their […]
Legal market research – Brand promises and service realities 2017/18 by Nisus Consulting
Posted on: October 10, 2017
Earlier this year I reviewed the Nisus Consulting “Balanced scorecard” research report on client service in the legal profession http://kimtasso.com/client-experience-management-cem-two-research-reports/. Their latest legal market research report looks into the link between brand, service and loyalty in the UK’s largest law firms. The report shows the responses from 2,200 buyers of legal service – split equally […]
Legal case study – Anatomy of a law firm merger (Ross & Craig and DMH Stallard)
Posted on: September 27, 2017
In 2015 I interviewed David Leadercramer, the former managing partner and senior partner of Ross & Craig solicitors http://www.rosscraig.com/ about his firm’s decision to merge with DML Stallard http://www.dmhstallard.com/ to gain insight into the merger decision and process. The original interview is below. David was kind enough to reflect recently on what he said at […]