Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Change
is
happening
faster
than
ever
in
the
industry
(and)
the
navigation
of
industry
change
requires
different
leadership
skills.
Law
firms
are
looking
to
leaders
with
proven
leadership
and
management
experience
rather
than
relying
on
long
and
deep
success
in
law
practice
as
leadership
criteria.
—
Kirsten
Keegan
Vasquez,
a
partner
and
vice
president
with
legal
recruiting
firm
Major,
Lindsey
and
Africa,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
on
the
new
types
of
leaders
who
are
being
appointed
at
the
top
of
Biglaw
firms
across
the
country.
“Bottom
line,
the
set
of
law
firm
leaders
who
have
been
in
place
for
the
last
five,
10
and
in
some
cases
20
years
or
more
are
transferring
the
laboring
leadership
oar
to
a
wave
of
proven
leaders
with
proficiency
in
managing
a
multi-generational
workforce,
rapid
change,
and
new
buying
behavior
on
behalf
of
law
firm
clients
and
prospective
partners,”
Vasquez
concluded.
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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