Consulting firm Edge International surveyed law firm leaders to find out who of their peers they most admire. There were 62 respondents, and 13 percent of them chose Robert Dell, the head of Latham & Watkins. Behind Dell were Goodwin Procter’s chair and managing partner Regina Pisa and DLA Piper’s Joint Chief Executive Officer Lee Miller, who each got 6.5 percent of the vote. Respondents explained their choices by identifying desirable characteristics for a law firm leader such as commitment to change, an ambitious agenda, longevity, maintaining core values and the ability to get people aligned. About a dozen of those polled actually responded that they did not know enough about other firm leaders to answer, but the number of responses shows that recognition of top managers is increasing.
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