Ground Rules

In posting to this blog, Lawcruiter will try and keep to the following policies...

1. No names (but...) A “No names” policy might seem, at first blush, to dilute the value of many of the examples discussed in these postings. I would respond that this blog is intended to be a space to identify and discuss the good and bad behaviors/practices of law firms, lawyers and headhunters (Lawcruiters) in the lateral hiring process, and NOT as a means of shining spotlights of opprobrium/praise upon specific offenders/stars. (You know who you are!) Attorney lateral hiring is a difficult exercise at the best of times and, in my opinion, ad hominem discussions serve no purpose and end up doing no more then getting people into defensive postures. And Lawcruiter freely admits that he has no commercial interest in offending his clients, either by spotlighting their misdemeanors or by slighting them by omission in this space. (Here's the "but"...) The obvious exception to this rule, however, will be when this blog refers to a publicly known information (e.g.. something published in the legal services trade papers or mass media). The ultimate test, however, should be whether naming names would be more or less likely to motivate a beneficial change in behavior, or at the least prompt a constructive dialog.

2. Anonymous. For much the same reasoning, this blog will remain anonymous. In my opinion, neither the attorneys I work with nor my clients, at this point in time, will gain any real benefit from knowing my name or my affiliation. There may come a point where my decision will change. For the time being, however, it’s the message that matters. Not the messenger boy.