How To Survive Legal Industry’s ‘New Normal’

To survive in the legal profession’s new era, kiss billable hours goodbye and hand off any work that does not absolutely require a lawyer’s time, suggests attorney Merrilyn Astin Tariton. Other suggestions include rethinking the intake process, forgetting about client meetings in the office when Skype or email would do, and concentrating on what the client really wants as opposed to what you think the client should want.