Richard Stock

Richard Stock

Richard G. Stock, M.A., FCG, CMC is the Managing Partner of Catalyst Consulting. The firm has been advising corporate and government law departments across North America and abroad since 1996. For law department management advice that works, Richard can be contacted at (416) 367-4447 or at  [email protected]

How in-house counsel can best manage a law firm change

How in-house counsel can best manage a law firm change

General counsel should insist on a clear transition plan with legacy firms, writes Richard Stock

Why strategy seldom works in law departments

Why strategy seldom works in law departments

Richard Stock discusses five factors that mitigate the execution of strategy

Risk aversion in retaining external counsel

Risk aversion in retaining external counsel

Law departments must develop evaluation criteria to better select law firms, writes Richard Stock

The innovative performance management framework

The innovative performance management framework

Richard Stock outlines 11 Key Performance Indicators for law departments

An unsustainable business model

An unsustainable business model

Richard Stock recommends a detailed analysis of law department traffic patterns

Drawn and quartered: the municipal law department

Drawn and quartered: the municipal law department

Municipal counsel should focus their work on higher-profile matters, shedding many routine tasks

A manifesto for the law department

A manifesto for the law department

Richard Stock on how a written statement anchors developmental and resource management priorities

Evaluating preferred law firms

Evaluating preferred law firms

Ensuring consistency and sustainability

Getting things done in the law department

Getting things done in the law department

So much begins with planning by the law department, writes Richard Stock

Does timekeeping have a place in law departments?

Does timekeeping have a place in law departments?

Richard Stock questions time recording as a measure of the value provided by in-house counsel