How Big Law Makes Billions: The Power of Law Firm Leverage
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Big Law’s leverage model—partners scaling through armies of associates—is exactly where AI pressure will land first, because much of that associate work is structured, document-heavy, and time-billed. If you run a firm, you need a view on which layers of leverage become AI-augmented and how that changes pricing, staffing, and partner comp over the next 3–5 years.
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