{"id":4410,"date":"2006-03-02T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/02\/wedgie-opportunity-poor-advic"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:07","slug":"wedgie-opportunity-poor-advice-for-associates-from-juris-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/02\/wedgie-opportunity-poor-advice-for-associates-from-juris-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"wedgie opportunity: poor advice for associates from Juris’ CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the headline “<\/FONT>something everyone should consider<\/FONT><\/A>: <\/FONT>The<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A>Opportunity<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Wedge<\/FONT><\/A>” (Feb. 24, 2006), <\/FONT>Bob Coffield<\/FONT><\/A> of <\/FONT>Health Care Law Blog<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> pointed to a <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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posting that day by <\/FONT>Tom Collins<\/A><\/FONT>, calling it “Great advice for everyone — not <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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just law firm associates.”  Collins was the founder of Endata and is the CEO <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of <\/FONT>Juris, Inc<\/FONT><\/A>., which he says is  “the leading brand of law office business soft-<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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ware for midsize law firms.”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“slicingThePie”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Admission<\/EM>: It’s hard for me to avoid skepticism about a weblog <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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named <\/FONT>MorePartnerIncome<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>. However, my mediation practice <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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gave me lots of practice in maintaining objectivity and withholding <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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judgment, so I tried to read the Collins post with an open mind.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT>
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<\/EM><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>The Collins’ post is titled “<\/FONT>Achievement Concepts for the Young Attorney<\/A><\/FONT>“, and <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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it focuses on the concept of the Opportunity Wedge<\/EM>.  After taking Bob Coffield’s<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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advice to “consider” it, I’ve come to a serious conclusion: From the perspective <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of law firm management and career development\/balance for young lawyers, it is <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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both very scary and very silly<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                         <\/FONT>      Opportunity <\/SPAN><\/EM>\"greater <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                                                                           \"less Time <\/EM><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Because I want to go through Collins’ piece closely, <\/FONT><\/SPAN>and you deserve the chance <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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to read it as first written, I’m going to <\/FONT><\/SPAN>present the short essay here:<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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Achievement Concepts for the Young Attorney<\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV>
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<\/FONT><\/STRONG> <\/DIV>
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by <\/FONT>Tom Collins<\/FONT>, MorePartnerIncome<\/EM>, Fri 24 Feb 2006 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Instill these concepts in your young team members, and they <\/SPAN>will increase <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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per-partner income and firm success. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>
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Opportunity Wedge: There are two certainties in life<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>
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