Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group

About Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group

Steve has been an executive recruiter for nearly three decades and without naming names, he is ready to spill the tea on best practices (and maybe a few not so best practices) by firms and candidates he has seen during his career placing some of law's most driven and successful professionals into highly profitable and growing enterprises across the legal sector. Steve is a former lawyer and journalist and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a proud son of Wilkes-Barre PA. Master of Ceremonies for Steve's Rules is Murray Coffey Principal of M Coffey mcoffey.net

Publisher

Steve Nelson

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 May 2023

Latest episode

5 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Jun 2026

   President Trump's Executive Orders--One Year Later

   Send us Fan Mail Last year, we discussed what the impact of the executive orders would be on the firms that settled with the government. Now that a year has passed, Steve and his colleague David Ris provide some observations. Among the areas covered: How much turnover has there been at the settling firms, as well as those firms that challenged the government.Why some firms have seen significant departures, while others have not.The impact on associate retention.The impact on diversity, ...

2. 

   14 May 2026

   Deborah Farone on How Women (and Men) Can Build Thriving Law Practices

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I interview Deborah Farone, former Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at both Cravath and Debevoise, on her new book "Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Lawyers Build Thriving Practices." Among the topics: How Deborah is helping marketing professionals and law firms in her current consulting firm, Farone Advisors.The wide scope of her interviews for her book, including women rainmakers across the globe.Why the book is a great primer for everyone lo...

3. 

   8 Apr 2026

   A New Age of Partner Recruiting and Integration--An Interview with Chuck Curtis

   Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Steve's Rules, Chuck Curtis of CLCurtis31 Consulting and I discuss a myriad of issues relating to partner recruiting and integration. Chuck had a 25-year career working in high-level recruiting positions in law firms such as Pillsbury Winthrop and Latham & Watkins before starting his own consulting firm three years ago. Among the topics covered: The range of consulting services provided by Chuck to law firms, individual partners, and even le...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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