About the Author

Bruce is President of Adam Smith, Esq. (AdamSmithEsq.com), which provides high end consulting services to the legal profession on strategic, financial, and economic issues. Based in New York, Adam Smith, Esq. operates globally.From its inception, Bruce has served as publisher of the online publication, "Adam Smith, Esq." covering such topics as strategy, leadership, globalization, M&A, finance, compensation, cultural considerations and partnership structures. Bruce has written for or been quoted in: Fortune; The Wall Street Journal; The New York Times; Bloomberg News/Radio/TV; Business 2.0; The International Herald Tribune; The National Law Journal; The ABA Journal; and other publications and media too numerous to mention, and frequently appears as a speaker or panelist at law firm partner retreats and off-sites and at legal industry conferences domestically and abroad. He is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and has lectured at law schools including Georgetown, Harvard, and NYU. Previously, he:

• practiced securities law in-house for nearly ten years at Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter in New York;
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• practiced corporate law with Shea & Gould and with Breed, Abbott & Morgan in New York.

Bruce was educated at Princeton University (BA magna cum laude in economics), at Stanford Law School (JD), and at NYU's Stern School of Business (MBA candidate in finance). He lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with his wife and their dog.