
Thomas S. Clay
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tsclay@altmanweil.com
East Coast Office
Phone: 610.886.2015
Fax: 610.359.0467
Tom Clay is a principal of Altman Weil, Inc. He has 30 years experience consulting to the legal profession. Mr. Clay heads consulting assignments in strategic planning, law firm management and organization, practice management, and merger and acquisition.
Prior to joining Altman Weil, Tom was vice president and general manager of a venture capital company that specialized in the provision of consulting services and financing arrangements to entrepreneurial operations.
Mr. Clay regularly writes for national, state and local publications germane to the legal profession. He is a frequent lecturer on law firm management issues, and he has addressed the American Bar Association's annual meeting, the ABA's Board of Governors, the National Conference of Bar Presidents and Bar Executives, the Commonwealth Law Conference, the Law Society of Scotland, the National Association of Law Firm Marketing Administrators' annual conferences, the Association of Legal Administrators' national conferences, the Association of Management Consultants' national conferences, and numerous regional, state and local bar conferences. Mr. Clay has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Education
Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Masters of Business Administration from Georgia State University. He is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management.Community Service / Outside Activities
Tom is a play-by-play announcer for the Radnor High School Football team.Practices & Services
- Strategy
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Management & Governance
- Practice Management
- Leadership Development & Performance Management
Recent Articles
- Key Considerations in the Formation of a New Practice Group
- Selling Yourself and Your Strategy to Merger Candidates
- A Litmus Test for Practice Group Effectiveness
AW Seminars
- Partner Compensation, Phoenix, AZ (10/08/08)
- Excellence in Law Firm Leadership, Atlanta, GA (10/16/08)
- Firmwide Strategies for Practice Group Management, Chicago, IL (10/29/08)
- Law Firm Merger and Acquistion Strategies, Philadelphia, PA (11/13/08)
Speaking Engagements
- Business Development for Litigators (10/23/08)
