The Partner Paradox: What High-Performing Lawyers Do Differently

The Partner Paradox: From Brilliant Technician to Strategic Client Partner

Promotion to partner changes the rules. The work that earned the title is still valuable, but it is no longer the whole job. Technical mastery becomes table stakes. What clients value most is harder to learn on the fly: partners who understand their business, help them see around corners, and make every interaction a good use of their time.

Wendy L. Bernero spent more than thirty years at the highest levels of legal ma...