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Aric announced his retirement from the American Lawyer late last year. Aric Press matters because he gets us thinking about things differently. When I started out in the legal industry straight out of college, while studying for my LSATs, there were no conversations around the water cooler about the business of law, or legal as an industry, or clients, for that matter, or how to bring in new business.

And then the world changed. The Internet opened up a whole new world of being able to research and find attorneys. The recessions changed the practice of law. Competition changed the pyramid business model. Partners started packing up their business and moving it across the street to a competitor.

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Somewhere along the line the profession of law became the business of law. Understanding the business of the firms took longer. There are no complex supply chains, and few if any product launches to manage.