Latham Lists Firm Management on Website
The caste system at law firms has long been a sore point at law firms. Typically, there are the lawyers and beneath them are the "non-lawyers." The lower caste includes professionals with MBAs, law degrees and chief marketing officers who have brought in millions of new revenue to a firm.
See Monica Bay's article "It's Time to List Executives on Law Firm Web Sites." She is the editor-in-chief of Law Technology News and famously challenged law firms two years ago to list their executives on their websites.
So it was refreshing to see that Latham & Watkins, with 1,900 lawyers, relaunched its website this spring and included a separate page for Firm Administration. It displays the firm's
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Real Estate and Facilities Officer
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Chief Attorney Development Officer
- Chief Library and Records Officer
- Chief Administrative Officer.
I expect Latham's leadership to start a trend.
