Leading Global Corporations Collaborate with Baretz+Brunelle to Launch L.E.G.A.L. Market Research Initiative
01.27.2026
Baretz+Brunelle, the growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the legal industry, today announced the launch of L.E.G.A.L. (Leaders Exploring Generative AI in Law), a collaborative market intelligence initiative examining the commercial impact of generative AI in legal services. Inaugural...
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Baretz+Brunelle Launches LexFusion Labs with Legal AI Leader
01.22.2026
Baretz+Brunelle, the growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the legal industry, today announced the launch of LexFusion Labs, expanding its LexFusion innovation capabilities to align with a fundamental shift in how AI is created and deployed across law firms and their corporate clients. As AI...
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Baretz+Brunelle Adds Prominent Talent Acquisition Advisor Daniel Gilfarb, Expanding Market-Leading Talent Practice
01.13.2026
Daniel Gilfarb, a widely respected advisor known for helping Am Law 50 firms acquire individual partners and entire practice groups, has joined Baretz+Brunelle as a senior managing director in our rapidly expanding Talent practice.
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Matthew L. Schwartz, Chair, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
12.19.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Matthew L. Schwartz, chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, an elite litigation-only law firm known for handling high-stakes disputes...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Trisha Rich, Partner, Holland & Knight
12.12.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Trisha Rich, partner at Holland & Knight. Trisha leads the firm’s Legal Profession Team, a unique group focused on legal ethics,...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Laura Cameron, Global Managing Partner, Pinsent Masons
12.02.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Laura Cameron, global managing partner of Pinsent Masons, an international law firm with nearly 2,000 lawyers and offices spanning...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Elliot Moss, Partner and Chief Brand Officer, Mishcon de Reya
11.21.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Elliot Moss, partner and chief brand officer of Mishcon de Reya, a top 30 UK law firm known for its litigation-led approach and...
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The Future is Bright Podcast
10.27.2025
Join Baretz+Brunelle partner and podcast co-host, Howard Rosenberg, for thought-provoking conversations with today's most inspirational leaders transforming the business of law.
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Sir Nigel Knowles, Former CEO of DWF and Managing Partner of DLA Piper
10.27.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Sir Nigel Knowles, former CEO of DWF and managing partner of DLA Piper. As one of the most influential figures in the modern legal...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Lucian Pera, Partner, Adams & Reese
10.22.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Lucian Pera, partner at Adams & Reese, a multidisciplinary law firm known for its strength in business, litigation, and government...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Jami McKeon, Chair of Morgan Lewis
09.15.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Jami McKeon, chair of Morgan Lewis, an Am Law 10 firm recognized for its global presence and collaborative culture. With more than...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Stephen Zubiago, Managing Partner and CEO, Nixon Peabody
08.28.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Stephen Zubiago, managing partner and CEO of Nixon Peabody, a leading Am Law 100 firm known for its deep bench in financial services,...
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The Financial and Political Risks of Lateral Hiring
07.19.2025
With studies pointing to failure rates hovering between 50 to 60%, lateral equity partner hiring remains one of the riskiest moves a law firm can make—despite its potential for big rewards.
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews David Lat, Founder of Original Jurisdiction and Legal Commentator
07.09.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz with down with David Lat, founder of the legal newsletter Original Jurisdiction, former federal prosecutor and creator of Above the Law. David...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Rebecca Goodman-Stephens, CEO of Moses Singer LLP
06.19.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Rebecca Goodman-Stephens, CEO of Moses Singer LLP, a highly respected mid-sized law firm in New York City. With a background in...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Yakub Hazzard, Los Angeles Sports Royalty and Chair of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
06.05.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Yakub Hazzard, chair of the Los Angeles media- and entertainment-focused boutique Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP. Yakub has decades...
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Veteran Legal Tech Growth Advisor Rachel Teisch Joins Baretz+Brunelle
05.20.2025
Baretz+Brunelle, the growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the legal industry, announced today that Rachel Teisch has joined the firm as a senior managing director and a key member of its Innovation practice. Teisch brings more than 20 years of experience scaling legal technology companies...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Jamie Drozd, Managing Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
04.11.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Jamie Drozd, managing partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Jamie leads one of the nation’s most forward-thinking AmLaw100 firms, and...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Crispin Passmore, Co-Founder of Stratify
04.04.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz welcome Crispin Passmore, co-founder of Stratify and a former U.K. regulator turned consultant. Crispin brings his cross-Atlantic perspective...
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Cari Brunelle speaks with CNN about executive actions targeting law firms
03.12.2025
Baretz+Brunelle co-founder Cari Brunelle was featured in a CNN article discussing the Trump administration’s recent executive actions targeting law firms. The article examines the unprecedented steps taken by the White House, including restricting security clearances and access to government...
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Original Jurisdiction: The State of Legal Tech is Strong With Joe Borstein
03.05.2025
In his Original Jurisdiction podcast, David Lat sits down with Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, to unpack the rapid rise of AI and its game-changing impact on the industry. From accelerating automation to reshaping career paths, David and Joe explore whether legal...
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Baretz+Brunelle Acquires LexFusion
02.25.2025
NEW YORK – February 25, 2025 – Baretz+Brunelle, the growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the legal industry, announced today its acquisition of LexFusion—the accelerator of premier legal tech companies and driver of innovation for the world’s largest law departments and law firms in the age...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Kristina Lawson, Managing Partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP
01.22.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and his co-host Chris Batz speak with Kristina Lawson, managing partner of Hanson Bridgett LLP and former mayor of Walnut Creek, California. Kristina shares focus on her...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Mishcon de Reya’s Neville Eisenberg on The Future Is Bright Podcast
01.14.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, hosts Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and Chris Batz, managing member of Columbus Street, sit down with Neville Eisenberg, senior strategy executive at Mishcon de Reya. A seasoned executive in the UK...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews PwC’s Greg Jackson on The Future Is Bright Podcast
01.14.2025
In this episode of The Future Is Bright podcast, hosts Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and Chris Batz, managing member of Columbus Street, sit down with Greg Jackson, legal strategist at PwC. Greg shares his insights into the dynamic UK legal market,...
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Baretz+Brunelle Promotes Molly Doherty and Laura Gingiss to Partner
01.07.2025
NEW YORK—January 7, 2025—Baretz+Brunelle, a growth advisory firm to elite businesses in the new legal economy, announced today that it has promoted Molly Doherty and Laura Gingiss to partner. “These partner promotions recognize the reality that Molly and Laura have become true leaders within B+B as...
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GenAI in Legal: Progress, Promise, Pain, and Peril
12.25.2024
With Generative AI accelerating post-mid-2024, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder Casey Flaherty delivers a compact yet robust survey of where things stand—and where they’re heading in legal practice. Based on closed-door roundtables and real-world deployments, Casey assesses what’s...
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Howard Rosenberg Interviews Katten CEO Noah Heller on The Future Is Bright Podcast
12.23.2024
In this episode of The Future Is Bright Podcast, hosts Howard Rosenberg, head of Talent Intelligence + Acquisitions at Baretz+Brunelle, and Chris Batz, managing member of Columbus Street, sit down with Noah Heller, CEO of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. Noah’s journey is remarkable—he took the reins of...
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The Road Not Taken: An Alternative Path for Preferred-Provider Programs
12.01.2024
The Road Not Taken is a bold call for law departments to rethink their external legal spend strategy. With law departments under increasing pressure to deliver more with less, LexFusion’s latest memo by Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder Casey Flaherty lays out a compelling roadmap...
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The Newest Law Firm Partner: Private Equity
10.21.2024
In a recent New York Law Journal article, Howard Rosenberg, partner and head of Baretz+Brunelle’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions practice, details a potential trend coming to legal: the involvement of private equity funding in lateral hiring. As Howard shares, with law firms relying more than...
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Catherine Dapra, Arnold & Porter’s Former Chief Talent Officer, Joins Baretz+Brunelle
10.07.2024
NEW YORK — October 7, 2024 — The savviest law firm leaders fully appreciate they are in the talent business. And as the war for talent intensifies, with lateral moves rising by double digits year-over-year, law firms simultaneously face a tidal wave of internal talent dynamics fundamental to their...
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What NFL Draft Picks Have in Common with Lateral Hires
09.12.2024
A recent analysis found that half the quarterbacks selected as first-round NFL draft picks turn out to be busts. Lateral partner hiring has a similar failure rate: nearly 50% of lateral partners leave their new law firm within five years. In both industries, evaluators tend to prioritize...
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Mike McNamara, Former CEO of Dentons US, Joins Baretz+Brunelle as Chief Executive Officer and Partner
04.09.2024
NEW YORK — April 9, 2024 — Baretz+Brunelle, a growth advisory firm to businesses in the legal industry, announced today that Mike McNamara, former CEO of Dentons US, will become its first chief executive officer. McNamara joins B+B after more than a decade in executive leadership at Dentons, where...
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Baretz+Brunelle Partner Howard Rosenberg Named Finalist for Law.com Innovation Trailblazer Award
04.04.2024
New York — April 4, 2024 — Howard Rosenberg, partner and head of the Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions team at Baretz+Brunelle, has been shortlisted for the Innovation Trailblazer Award in connection with Law.com International’s 2024 Legal Innovation and Technology Awards. Howard and TIA are using...
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Education in the Age of Gen AI: Experiential Training is Essential for Success
03.29.2024
In part three of a Legaltech News series on education in the age of Gen AI, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, discusses the importance of experiential training. As generative AI reshapes legal work and expectations, traditional training methods can’t keep up. Routine...
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Education in the Age of Gen AI: The Old Way of Training Law Firm Associates ‘Just Doesn’t Work’
03.28.2024
In part two of a Legaltech News series on education in the age of Gen AI, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, shares insight into why traditional methods of training junior associates are quickly becoming obsolete. With machines now outperforming humans at routine...
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Education in the Age of Gen AI: Negotiating Skills Are Alive and Well
03.28.2024
In part one of a Legaltech News article by Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, a new M&A negotiation competition is proving that with focused coaching and the right tools, law students can quickly reach associate-level proficiency. The ABA Business Law Section’s...
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AI Data Privacy Concern: Microsoft employees might review your Azure AI prompts and responses.
03.01.2024
Authored by Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder.
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Baretz+Brunelle’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions Group Wins the 2024 Legalweek Leaders In Tech Law Awards
01.31.2024
New York – January 31, 2024 – Baretz+Brunelle’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions (TIA) practice won the 2024 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards for the Innovation in Hiring, Staffing & Recruiting category. This award honors individuals and organizations for their achievements in innovation in...
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Year in Review 2023
12.31.2023
The LexFusion Year in Review 2023 captures a year defined by unprecedented outreach, industry engagement, and thought leadership in the legal innovation space. Over the course of the year, LexFusion, now part of Baretz+Brunelle, conducted more than 2,600 meetings across 523 law departments and 230...
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Baretz+Brunelle’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions Group Named Finalist in the 2024 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards
12.04.2023
New York – December 4, 2023 – Baretz+Brunelle’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions (TIA) practice has been named a finalist in the 2024 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards, which honor individuals and organizations for their achievements in innovation in the past year in an array of categories...
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Baretz+Brunelle Expands its New York and Chicago Offices with Four New Hires
10.30.2023
NEW YORK — October 30, 2023 — Baretz+Brunelle, a leading advisory firm to the legal industry, continues to add to its depth and capabilities with the addition of four new associates. Two will be in B+B’s New York office and two in its Chicago office.
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Gen AI’s ‘Collective Brain Trust’ Gathers to Discuss Practical Use Cases and Successes at Invite-Only Event
10.02.2023
A Corporate Counsel article highlights a departure from the usual hype-heavy AI panels, focusing on a private, invite-only event hosted by LexFusion (now part of Baretz+Brunelle) in New York that brought together legal leaders from 40 top law firms and 40 major law departments to share real-world...
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Baretz+Brunelle Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions Practice Grows with Addition of Jenna Robnett
09.14.2023
NEW YORK — September 14, 2023 — Jenna Robnett is the latest addition to the Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions team at Baretz+Brunelle. Before joining B+B, Jenna interned with Pfizer’s global security department and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the Department of Defense’s primary...
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Future Law Bootcamp with Joe Borstein and Guest Oz Benamran, Thought Leader in Technology and Innovation
09.13.2023
In this insightful episode of Future Law Boot Camp, host Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, interviews Oz Benamran, former Chief Knowledge Officer and Innovation Officer at Simpson Thacher and founder, SKILLS.law, about the evolving landscape of legal innovation. Oz...
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Baretz+Brunelle Expands Talent Intelligence, NewLaw Practices with Addition of Miranda Ganguly and Lindsay Perrault
06.20.2023
NEW YORK — June 20, 2023 — Baretz+Brunelle, a leading communications and business advisory firm to the legal industry, has added legal industry veterans to two of its new and growing service lines. Miranda Ganguly, a longtime legal recruiter, has joined B+B’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions...
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And Now, Our Feature Presentation: GPT-4 is Here
03.27.2023
Authored by Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder
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Baretz+Brunelle Adds Former Director of Communications at Paul Weiss
03.16.2023
Baretz+Brunelle, a leading communications and business advisory firm to the legal industry, announces the addition of Xenia Kobylarz, the former director of communications at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She joins B+B as a senior managing director in the firm’s New York office. “Xenia...
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LegalTech Matters with Joe Borstein and Joe Green, Chief Innovation Officer at Gunderson Dettmer
03.10.2023
In this episode of LegalTech Matters, Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, talks with Joe Green, of counsel and chief innovation officer at Gunderson Dettmer, about his journey from lawyer to legal tech startup expert to Chief Innovation Office at Gunderson Dettmer. He...
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Legal Tech Market Gaps—Missing Features and Solutions
03.03.2023
Despite a crowded legal tech market, buyers remain frustrated by missing features and vague promises. In this Legaltech News piece, Rachel Dooley, former chief innovation officer at Goodwin, Janet Sullivan, eDiscovery counsel and global director of practice technology at White & Case, Joe Green,...
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PSA: ChatGPT is the trailer, not the movie
03.02.2023
Authored by Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder
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The Focus on ChatGPT Is Missing the Forest for the Tree: The Usual Suspect is Merely the Tip of the AI Iceberg
02.21.2023
In Law.com’s Part 2 of his series, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, challenges the legal industry’s fixation on ChatGPT, arguing it's merely a preview of what’s to come. He highlights how domain-specific applications of large language models (LLMs)—like Google’s...
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LegalTech Matters: Progress, and the Lack Thereof, in the Evolution of Legal Services Toward Scale with Casey Flaherty
02.10.2023
In this podcast, Casey Flaherty and host David Curle, Litera’s legal content and research lead, compare some of the insights from LexFusion’s recent Legal Market Year in Review with Litera’s Changing Lawyer over the years. Casey finds an industry that still faces challenges in building legal...
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The Focus on ChatGPT Is Missing the Forest for the Tree: New AI Models Are Really, Ridiculously Powerful
01.31.2023
In his reflection in Law.com, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, likens knee-jerk critiques of AI tools like ChatGPT to Derek Zoolander’s infamous outburst at a miniature model, highlighting both the laughable errors and deeper misunderstandings around large language...
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Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions Practice Authors Article for Law360 on Top 5 Issues CTOs Expect in 2023
01.05.2023
In an article for Law360, B+B’s Talent Intelligence & Acquisitions team, Howard Rosenberg, Aaron Byron, and Madeline Boorse, uncover the top five issues chief talent officers of the AmLaw200 foresee impacting lateral talent in 2023. The team contacted more than 130 chief talent officers and other...
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Trust Fall: The Limits of Discounts, Panels, Billing Guidelines, Etc.
12.05.2022
In 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, delivers a wide-ranging, unsparing critique of traditional legal cost-control tactics—discounts, panels, RFPs, billing guidelines, and AFAs—arguing they are often elaborate rituals that yield diminishing...
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Future Law Bootcamp with Joe Borstein and Guest Nick West, Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, Mishcon de Reya
11.13.2022
In this episode of Future Law Boot Camp, host Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, leads the conversation with Nick West, partner and chief strategy officer at Mishcon de Reya, a prominent UK litigation firm deeply engaged in legal innovation and technology. The...
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Scary Stories about our Wicked Problems (Legal Nerd Halloween)
10.31.2022
In 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, warns that in-house legal teams face a wicked problem: mounting complexity, rising demand, and relentless cost pressure—with no easy answers. Short-term fixes like discounts, insourcing, and...
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Legal Buy: We’re Asking the Wrong Questions
10.10.2022
In 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, reflects on how his long-standing advice to in-house legal departments, to ask law firms about their technology use, has backfired. While well-intentioned, this guidance often results in superficial...
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Baretz+Brunelle Adds Decipher Co-Founder Howard Rosenberg, Launches Novel Practice to Help Law Firms Succeed in Lateral Hiring Boom
05.23.2022
NEW YORK — May 23, 2022 — As competition for lateral talent at law firms reaches new levels of intensity and expense, Baretz+Brunelle has observed firsthand the challenges firms encounter in hiring, integrating and retaining promising talent. Those challenges led to the creation of a...
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Baretz+Brunelle Adds Digital Marketing Veteran Josh Anisfeld as Chief Digital Officer to Growing Digital Team
05.03.2022
CHICAGO – May 3, 2022 – With demand for digital marketing services growing unabated among its client base of law firms and legal technology providers, Baretz+Brunelle has added a new chief digital officer, Josh Anisfeld, to lead its growing digital team. Anisfeld joins Baretz+Brunelle from Heidrick...
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Joe Borstein in Conversation with David Wang, Chief Innovation Officer at Wilson Sonsini, on Legal Innovation in Silicon Valley
02.28.2022
In this episode of LegalTech Matters, Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, interviews David Wang, Chief Innovation Officer at Wilson Sonsini. David describes how working with Silicon Valley tech companies made keeping up with technology an imperative for the firm. He...
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Avoiding Tech First Failures When Improving Legal Workflows and Processes with Casey Flaherty
01.20.2022
Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, makes his second appearance on Technically Legal. This time around, he explores a provocative thesis: organizations often lean on technology as a way to sidestep deeper, more difficult issues related to process and culture.
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Tech-First Failures—Value Storytelling
12.31.2021
In 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, discusses the legal industry’s overreliance on technology as a silver bullet for transformation. He argues that tech-driven initiatives often fail because they prioritize tools over outcomes, lacking the...
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Start With Why—Value Storytelling
11.14.2021
In 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, emphasizes the importance of framing legal department initiatives through the lens of value storytelling—specifically by starting with the “why.” He argues that most legal departments default to explaining...
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Explaining the joke: lawyers lagging behind
08.22.2021
Authored by Casey Flaherty, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder.
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Joe Borstein Interviews Mike Bryant, Partner at Knox Capital
08.13.2021
In the debut episode of Future Law Bootcamp, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder Joe Borstein talks with Knox Capital partner Mike Bryant about why legal is finally attracting serious investors. Mike, a veteran operator turned investor, explains how globalization, automation, and...
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Joe Borstein Interviews Jared Applegate, Chief Legal Operations Officer at Barnes & Thornburg
08.13.2021
In this episode of the Future Law Bootcamp podcast, Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, speaks with Jared Applegate, chief legal operations officer at Barnes & Thornburg, about building a modern legal operations function inside a law firm. Jared shares his perspective on...
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Future Law Bootcamp with Joe Borstein and Guest John Scrudato, Legal Technologist
06.23.2021
In this Future Law Bootcamp episode, Joe Borstein, Baretz+Brunelle partner and LexFusion co-founder, hosts John Scradato, a legal technologist with a unique background in engineering, law, and business. The discussion centers on the transformative impact of technology, globalization, regulation,...
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Baretz+Brunelle Hires Prominent Communications Executives in Chicago and New York
04.28.2021
CHICAGO and NEW YORK - April 28, 2021 – Baretz+Brunelle today announced the hiring of two accomplished communications veterans: Laura Gingiss, former head of business marketing communications for Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Wayne Kessler, who most recently led communications efforts at Stroock &...
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Baretz+Brunelle Research Uncovers Hidden Trend: 35% of Am Law 100 Firms Are Also Providing ‘Alternative’ Legal Services
10.06.2020
NEW YORK – October 6, 2020 – The world’s largest law firms have been quietly mobilizing to recapture billions in revenue that has flowed in recent years to technology-driven upstarts known as alternative legal service providers, according to a report released today by Baretz+Brunelle, a leading...
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Baretz+Brunelle Statement on Racial Injustice
06.04.2020
We’ve realized something important this week. No matter how much you think others know what you stand for and what you believe in, they don’t – unless you tell them. So here goes.
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Baretz+Brunelle Promotes John Ford to Partner
01.06.2020
NEW YORK — January 6, 2020 — Baretz+Brunelle announced today that it has promoted managing director John Ford to partner. “On behalf of all the firm’s partners, I am absolutely thrilled to call John our partner,” said Baretz+Brunelle co-founder Spencer Baretz. “With hubris intended, John is one of...
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Baretz+Brunelle Hires Former WPP Executive as its Chief Financial Officer
06.19.2019
NEW YORK — June 19, 2019 — Continuing its investment in its growth, Baretz+Brunelle announced today the hiring of veteran finance executive Anthony Tramontana as its chief financial officer. With over 20 years’ experience in the advertising and corporate communications industries, Tramontana most...
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Former Hellerman Baretz partners launch new firm
03.01.2016
NEW YORK – March 1, 2016 – Spencer Baretz and Cari Brunelle have launched a firm called Baretz+Brunelle after leaving Hellerman Baretz, where they were both partners, earlier this month. The New York-based firm will counsel law firms, businesses, and public figures, the consultancy said in a...
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Communications Veterans Spencer Baretz and Cari Brunelle Launch New Firm: Baretz+Brunelle
02.29.2016
NEW YORK – February 29, 2016 – Communications veterans Spencer Baretz and Cari Brunelle today announced the launch of their new firm: Baretz+Brunelle. The former Hellerman Baretz Communications partners left HBC earlier this month to form their New York-based firm. Baretz and Brunelle will continue...
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