Judge Jack Lu from High Court of Justice of Massachusetts of the United States Offering a Lecture to Tahota Law Firm
2007-10-10 Views:25528Related lawyer
On October 9, Judge Jack Lu coming a long way from the United States offered a lecture named as Operation and Management of American Law Firms to lawyers in Tahota Law Firm. This lecture was hosted by Lawyer Qianhong Tang (a senior partner of Tahota), and assistants of Lawyer Qianhong Tang, i.e. Yiyang Huang and Lu Li, served as on-the-spot interpreters. Lawyer Shoutai Cheng (chief partner of Tahota), Lawyer Hong Ni (senior partner of Tahota), Lawyer Kexun Hu (partner of Tahota), Lawyer Chunyan Ma and some other full-time lawyers, assistants and administration personnel participated in the lecture.
Judge Jack Lu had nine year of experience as a professional lawyer in the United States and currently served as a judge in High Court of Justice of Massachusetts. He came to China this time for the purpose of lecturing students in Sichuan University upon the invitation of Fulbright Act Foundation. When the lecture began, Judge Lu introduced people in Tahota system and remuneration of American law firms. Corporate system or partnership was usually implemented in American law firms. If viewed from a long-term perspective, corporate system was more beneficial to the long-term development of law firm. As for remuneration, remuneration was established according to the standards of quantity, content and influence of business lawyers were involved in. Annual pay system was usually adopted.
Judge Lu summarized several same characteristics of successful lawyers in the United States:
1. Common vision, common belief and common firm culture;
2. Professional labor division management;
3. Excellent brand;
4. Emphasis on digital planning management;
5. High-efficiency finance;
6. Sharing of knowledge and business
The brilliant lecture of Judge Lu enabled us to get to know the open and practice American law firms and learn the development model of advanced law firms. After completion of lecture, many lawyers directly communicated with Judge Lu in English and discussed problems encountered during career development. With the continuous development of Tahota Law Firm, foreign communication became increasingly frequently. We warmly welcomed all legal personages to communicate and exchange ideas with our firm to enhance friendship and seek for development together.