James B. Stewart Books

The roots of America’s great law firms stretch back to an era when law was still viewed as a calling of public service. In the nineteenth century, the archetype was the solo practitioner or small family partnership—lawyers who knew their clients personally, who balanced advisory work with civic duty...

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To understand these institutions, one must appreciate the internal machinery that drives them. Every major firm has its own mystique, but all share an essential tension: the promise of collegial partnership balanced against the reality of economic survival. Partnership is both a goal and a test. To ...

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