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Palestra proferida por Lara Selem, no capítulo de Boston da Association of Legal Administration, em junho/2006.
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Copyright © Lara Selem 2006 2
Lara Selem
Lawyer, Consultant in Management of Legal Services with experience in Brazilian legal offices of all sizes; partner of Selem & Bertozzi Consulting Associates; Executive MBA (Baldwin-Wallace College, OH, USA); specialist in Management of Legal Services (FGV-Edesp, SP, Brazil). Author of the following books:
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About Brazil
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Brazilian Statistics
Population 186 million Brazil area 8,514,215 km² Attorneys 500,000 (Brazilian Bar) Legal Firms 8,000 New entrants 45,000/year
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Brazilian Population Pyramid
35% of the 500,000 attorneys in Brazil didn’t complete the 5th year as professionals.
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Brazilian Trends for Legal Business
AGRIBUSINESS
PETROLEUM
TOURISM
TELECOM
ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNMENT
CAPITALMARKET
ENERGY
LEGALMARKET
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Brazilian Legal Industry
SP 1 attorney for each 250 inhabitants
RJ 1 attorney for each 174 inhabitants
BRASIL 1 attorney for each 408 inhabitants
USA 1 attorney for each294 inhabitants
Legal Administration in Brazil
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Timeline
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2006200619901990 20002000
Timeline
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Law Office Sizes
LAW OFFICE SIZES (Brazil)
up to 30up to 100Mega
16 to 3051 to 99Large
6 to 1516 to 50Medium
3 to 53 to 15Small
1-21-2Micro
PARTNERSASSOCIATES
LAW OFFICE SIZES (International)
up to 100Large
31 to 99Medium
1-30Small
ATTORNEYS
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Legal Administrator Profiles
FIRM SIZE
CEOManagement Committee Legal Administration departments
Large
Office management handled by the partners. Legal administrator executes the partners orders. Legal administrator’s functions: finances, HR, technology, structure.
Medium
Partner practices law & manages the office (low management profile) In smallest firms, the secretary manages the financial basics (payables/receivables) If there is a legal administrator, he/she handles financial basics only.
Small
CHARACTERISTICS
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Latin Legal Practice Ranking – TOP 10 Brazil
Gouvêa Vieira
Leite Tosto e Barros
Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão
Trench, Rossi e Watanabe
Mattos F., Veiga F., Marrey & Quiroga
Veirano
Machado Meyer Sendacz & Opice
Pinheiro Neto
Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira & Silva
Demarest & Almeida
LAW OFFICES
149510
111049
151298
271387
251466
252235
322934
613253
613462
793651
PARTNERSASSOCIATES