It’s now a cliché to say that large firms have to adapt – and yet very few firms are really doing that. Seyfarth Shaw has started an in-house consultancy, SeyfarthLean, which works with in-house legal departments to help them reduce costs, improve quality, mitigate risk, and enhance efficiencies. The group combines the core principles of Lean Six Sigma with consulting on technology, knowledge management, process management, and alternative fee structures. Before entering the business of legal consulting, Ken was, among other things, general counsel at several large corporations, where he first began using value fee arrangements, legal project management tools, and in the process reduced his legal department’s expenses by 50% while maintaining growth.
