Altman Weil, Jomati Consultants and Adam Smith Esq. Form Strategic Alliance

Newtown Square, PA, March 18, 2008 — Legal management consultancy Altman Weil, Inc. and its UK based affiliate Jomati Consultants LLP, have entered into a strategic alliance with Adam Smith, Esq., LLC.  Bruce MacEwen, founder and president of New York City-based Adam Smith, Esq., will consult with Altman Weil and Jomati Consultants clients on matters related to law firm economics and strategy. 

“We are very pleased to be working with Bruce,” said Altman Weil principal Ward Bower.  “He is a true thought-leader on issues of strategic importance to the legal profession and increases the scope and depth of resources we can offer our major law firm clients.”

“Altman Weil is the recognized high-quality name in legal consulting, with a rich history of performing with the utmost integrity, and thoughtfulness,” said Bruce.  “I look forward to working more closely with Ward and his professional colleagues and with Jomati Consultants who bring an important international dimension to law firm consulting.”   

Adam Smith, Esq. (http://www.adamsmithesq.com/) is one of the most highly regarded online publications in the legal industry.  Launched in 2004, it has become the preeminent site for thoughtful commentary on law firm economics, generating a third of a million page views per month.

Prior to founding Adam Smith, Esq., Bruce MacEwen was CEO of a dot-com company.  He practiced securities law in-house for nearly ten years at Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter; and prior to that practiced litigation and corporate law with two prominent New York law firms.

Mr. MacEwen has written about and commented on the legal scene for a wide range of national and legal trade publications in the U.S. and abroad.  He frequently appears as a speaker addressing law firm strategy, finance, and IT issues.  He has lectured at Harvard, Georgetown, and NYU law schools on law firm economics and the realities of a 21st Century law firm.  He is an adjunct professor at SUNY/Stony Brook's Graduate College of Business, where he has taught the core course "Strategic Technology & Innovation" in the MBA program exclusively for law firm leaders.

Mr. MacEwen earned his B.A. in economics, magna cum laude,  from Princeton University, his J.D. from Stanford Law School, and he has completed his MBA coursework at NYU's Stern School of Business.

About Altman Weil
Founded in 1970, Altman Weil, Inc. is dedicated exclusively to the legal profession.  It provides management consulting services to law firms, law departments and legal vendors worldwide.   The firm is independently owned by its professional consultants, who have backgrounds in law, industry, finance, marketing, administration and government.   Altman Weil has a strategic alliance with Jomati Consultants LLP, a London-based management consultancy.  More information on Altman Weil can be found at www.altmanweil.com.

About Jomati Consultants
Founded in 2002 by Tony Williams the former global managing partner of Clifford Chance and Andersen Legal (the legal services arm of Arthur Andersen), Jomati Consultants focuses exclusively in the legal profession.  It works for law firms and legal departments primarily in the UK and Europe but is also active in Asia and Australasia.  It has a strategic alliance with Altman Weil and the two organizations work extensively together in joint client engagements.  More information on Jomati Consultants can be found at http://www.jomati.com/.

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Contact Information

Ward Bower
Altman Weil, Inc.
(610) 886-2021
wbower@altmanweil.com