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Maryland Law Firm Leaders Working to Support Each Other In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic caused law firms across the state to move to remote work, three managing partners at three different Maryland firms found a way to come together in a time when we were all forced apart. Tom Dame, Managing Partner at Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP, Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Managing Partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, and David Shuster, Managing Principal at Kramon & Graham, P.A., organized a conference call for managing partners from law firms across the state to discuss the transition to remote operations and other logistical issues law firms face amidst a global pandemic. Since its inception, the call has grown to incorporate more law firm leaders, judges, and other leaders of the profession. WE TOOK A MOMENT to learn more
about the circumstances that sparked the need for the conference call and how it has evolved since that first phone call.
How has the role of managing partner changed since the onset of the pandemic? Tom: The job of every law firm managing partner has changed during the pandemic. It now involves a number of new components, including planning for an entirely remote workforce, preparing for the eventual return to the office, managing the risk of an economic downturn, finding ways to connect with people who are working in different places, and providing positive and honest communication about what is needed for the firm and individuals to succeed under difficult and unusual circumstances.
Photos courtesy of Beverly Funkhouser Photography 30
MSBA.ORG | ISSUE 2 2020
TOM DAME
