Law Office Management,
Law Practice
Nov. 16, 2023
The evolution of distributed law firms
The legal community has seen the emergence of a new law firm structure – virtual or distributed law firms – which allows lawyers to work from any location, set their own hours, billing rates and billing requirements, and provide a lean, non-bureaucratic administrative model.
Jacob Stein
Asset Protection Attorney and Chair of the Private Client Practice
Aliant, LLP
Email: jacobstein@aliantlaw.com
Large law firms (at the time defined as four or more lawyers) emerged in the late 19th century to serve the needs of growing businesses that required increasingly specialized legal work. Starting with just a few, the number of these firms grew to over 1,000 by 1925. In the early 1900s, the "Cravath System" was developed, giving law firms their modern shape of a pyramid structure with few partners served by many associates. Today, most law firms continue to use this s...
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