Acknowledgments

• Author: Randall Kiser
• Profession: International authority on attorney and law firm performance
• Pages: 11-12

is book encompasses about 35 years of my professional life

after law school graduation—20 years as a civil litigation attorney

and law rm founder, partner, and principal and then 15 years as

an author, researcher, consultant, and educator. Since this book

attempts to integrate both practical and academic perspectives on

American law rms, my dual-track experiences hopefully yield a

more balanced view of law rms than currently exists in articles,

law journals, and books. In this eort to blend the insights and wis-

dom of practitioners and academics, my views have been imprinted

by literally hundreds of exceptional lawyers, law school professors,

deans, journalists, analysts, and law rm leaders. I am indebted to

each of them.

In writing this book, I have beneted from many of the best minds

at law schools and in the legal services industry. William Hender-

son at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has produced

not only an enormous amount of data and research regarding law

rms but also has led many innovations in law rms and corporate

legal departments. My interactions with Professor Henderson have

strongly inuenced the themes and prescriptions in this book. Law

rm consultants Peter Zeughauser and Kent Zimmerman at e

Zeughauser Group also have shared, over many years of friendship,

their keen insights into law rm leadership and operations.

My understanding of law rms’ challenges has been greatly

enhanced by multiple meetings with law rm managing partners,

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