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Essential Business Intelligence for Leaders in Law
The only subscription-based publication of its kind, De Novo keeps managing partners, practice group leaders and CMOs up to date on the business news shaping the conversation and driving the marketplace. Our experienced team of media analysts sifts through hundreds of pages of content, including key business books, the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Forbes, Wired and more, to identify the stories that matter to you and your clients.
But leaders don’t just need more information — they need wise counsel. De Novo’s premier feature is the commentary of legal industry consultant Debra Pickett. Drawing on a decade of experience advising law firm executives, Debra translates each month’s business news to the legal context and lays out practical steps for putting business intelligence to work.
As a managing partner, practice group leader or CMO, you want to stay up to date on the newest and best thinking in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and other leading business publications that shape the conversation and the marketplace. But it takes more time than you have to consume this content and adapt business ideas for the law firm context.
Enter De Novo, the exclusive, subscription-based business intelligence newsletter for next-generation law leaders. Each month, our experienced team of legal media analysts sifts through hundreds of pages of content from the latest business books, journals and magazines to identify cutting-edge ideas and trends relevant to the law firm management and business development questions you face. Principal law firm consultant Debra Pickett provides commentary on these business trends and, based on a decade of experience advising managing partners, lays out practical steps for transforming concepts into action.
Don’t just participate in the conversation — shape it. Break out of the legal media echo chamber and learn how members of the C-suite across industries frame and solve the business challenges of today.
Exclusive and Curated Content
With your De Novo subscription, you’ll receive our members-only newsletter each month, featuring:
Opening Argument — Incisive long-form commentary from Debra Pickett.
Briefs — Short summaries and links to articles in the business press that should be on your radar.
Book of Business — A quick look at a notable and relevant business book.
One Thing That’s Giving Us Life — A look outside typical channels for a film, podcast or experience that may be just the thing you need.
In Closing — A final inspiring or provocative thought from this month’s coverage.
And you get full access to the De Novo website, with continually updated briefs on the biggest trends in business news and an archive of content and commentary examining the most important ideas in law firm leadership.
Don’t just participate in the conversation — shape it.
Break out of the legal media echo chamber and learn how members of the C-suite across industries frame and solve the business challenges of today.
Editorial and Business Leaders
Debra Pickett
Publisher
Kelly McNees
Managing Editor
Taryn Butler
News Editor
Roy Johanson
Chief Operating Officer
Bryce Kinney
Sales Director
Editorial Advisory Board
Dean S. Dussias
Founder
Dussias Wittenberg Koenigsberger
William “Toby” Eveland
Chicago Managing Partner
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
Daniel Farris
Founder and CEO
NMBL Technologies
David Goodman
Founder
Goodman Law Group | Chicago
Jeanne Hammerstrom
Chief Marketing Officer
Benesch
Patricia Brown Holmes
Managing Partner
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila
Steven Levin
Founding Partner
Levin & Perconti
