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Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group

Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group

By: Steve Nelson
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Steve has been an executive recruiter for nearly three decades and without naming names, he is ready to spill the tea on best practices (and maybe a few not so best practices) by firms and candidates he has seen during his career placing some of law's most driven and successful professionals into highly profitable and growing enterprises across the legal sector. Steve is a former lawyer and journalist and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a proud son of Wilkes-Barre PA. Master of Ceremonies for Steve's Rules is Murray Coffey Principal of M Coffey mcoffey.net

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Episodes
  • A New Age of Partner Recruiting and Integration--An Interview with Chuck Curtis

    A New Age of Partner Recruiting and Integration--An Interview with Chuck Curtis
    Apr 8 2026

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    In this episode of Steve's Rules, Chuck Curtis of CLCurtis31 Consulting and I discuss a myriad of issues relating to partner recruiting and integration. Chuck had a 25-year career working in high-level recruiting positions in law firms such as Pillsbury Winthrop and Latham & Watkins before starting his own consulting firm three years ago. Among the topics covered:

    • The range of consulting services provided by Chuck to law firms, individual partners, and even legal recruiters.
    • Determining early in the recruiting process whether there is a realistic compensation fit.
    • The gap between originations and portability.
    • The continued dominance in partner recruiting at the top 25 firms.

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    21 mins
  • Steve's Rules: Interview with Legal Strategist Wendy Bernero

    Steve's Rules: Interview with Legal Strategist Wendy Bernero
    Feb 15 2026

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    In this episode, I am joined by Law Firm Strategist Wendy Bernero, co-founder of Yate Collaborative, and a veteran of senior marketing and business development roles at many premier law firms. We discussed:

    • The background and scope of Yate Collaborative.
    • The evolution of legal marketing and business development over the past 30 years.
    • Advice to legal professionals on how to position themselves for leadership positions in law firms.
    • Our work for the College of Law Practice Management, including our joint editorship of the organization's newsletter, which summarizes major developments pertaining to the practice of law.

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    32 mins
  • The Emergence of Practice and Legal Project Management----A Discussion with Susan Lambreth of Law Vision

    The Emergence of Practice and Legal Project Management----A Discussion with Susan Lambreth of Law Vision
    Dec 7 2025

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    In the latest episode, I have a wide-ranging discussion with Susan Lambreth of LawVision, who is the nations leading authority on Practice Management in Law Firms. Among the topics we discuss are:

    • What are most firms looking for when they retain her services
    • Her various roundtables and what types of professionals are included in each.
    • The importance of her certification programs.
    • The evolution of practice management in the past 20 years.
    • A summary of the various practice management models.
    • Different structures encompassing practice management, legal project management, pricing, and other related disciplines.
    • The emerging trend of Practice Group Directors transitioning to law firm COOs.


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    40 mins
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