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The Next Generation Law Office

Real Estate Planning and Design for Bottom Line Results

Copyright IA Interior Architects Inc. © 2007


Current Directions in Law Firm Planning

Design Pitfalls and Common Mistakes

Maximizing Your Real Estate




• Increased Security

• Reducing SF per Attorney

• Collaboration Generation




Increased Security;

Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPA – Oh My!

Why is Security so Important

• Client Confidentiality

• New Regulations and More on the Way

The Role of Centralized Conferencing

• Controlling Client Access

• Making the Right First Impression

• Secure but not Obtrusive

Panic Rooms

• #1 Source of Security Concerns in the Workplace Is . . .




Reducing SF per Attorney;

The Vanishing Law Library

• Online Media and Research Tools

Records; Optical Storage, High Density and Off Site

• Optimizing your Footprint through Off Site Solutions

• Centralized and High Density Filing Solutions

• Optical Storage and Electronic Media

Sizing the Attorney Office

• Standards Imply Limitations

• The 3:2 and Other Ratios

• One Size Fits All?


• Current Directions in Law Firm Planning


Collaboration Generation;

Multi-Generational and Gender Workforce Issues

• Architecture’s Limited Role

• The MySpace Generation

Getting the Associates Out of Their Office

• Connectivity Everywhere

• Creating Opportunities for Chance Encounters

Larger, More Global Perspectives

• European Office and Real Estate Models

Not What You Know but Who You Sit Next To

• The Role of Partners in the Leadership of Real Estate Solutions

Getting the Buy In



• Bad First Impressions

• Save a Penny – Spend a Pound

• Right Floors, Wrong Building





Bad First Impressions

This Is Not Your Father’s Law Firm

• Design for the 21st Century Client and Recruit

Too Much of a Good Thing

• Not How Much You Spend but Where You Spend It

A Design Out of Step with Firm Culture

• Architecture’s Role in Marketing, Recruitment and Retention

The Value of Real Estate

Beyond the Balance Sheet• The Apple Experience




Save a Penny – Spend a Pound

Assemble the Right Team

• Broker, Project Manager, Architect

The True Value of a Feature Stair

• Upfront Costs versus Long Term Benefit

AV Design in Today’s Law Firm

• Start Early and Cable Everywhere

• AV and Technology’s Relationship

Furniture or Millwork

• Furniture Solutions in the Future of Law Firm Design




Right Floors and Wrong Buildings

Building Evaluation – Building a Better Box

• What is a Test Fit and Why is it Important

• What to Look for in a Building

Location Isn’t Everything; It’s the

Window Line – Stupid• How Attorney Counts Drive total Square Footage

Plan for Tomorrow, Negotiate for Next Year

• Mid Term Design Targets

• First Right of Refusal

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

• THE #1 Mistake Law Firms Make in Real Estate and Planning




• Lights Off = Money Out the Door

• Design Values Must Equal Firm Values

• The Next 5 to 10 Years


The Next Generation Law OfficeMaximizing Your Real Estate

Lights Off Means Money Out the Door

Who Wants Their Own Conference Room?

• The Right Number and Right Size

• Conference Room Flexibility

Practice Groups not Cliques

• Learning to Share and Share Alike by Centralizing

• Their Own Camps or Shuffle the Deck

Circulation is Evil

• Making Circulation Space Work for You

Multi-Tasking Design

• Libraries, Conference Rooms, Break Areas, etc.





Design Values Must Equal Firm Values

Not How Much You Spend but Where You Spend It

• Your Values = Your Checkbook

• Client? Attorneys? Staff?

Real Estate and Recruitment/Retention

• What the Freshman Class is Looking For

• How to Keep the Best and the Brightest

Real Estate and Marketing

• What’s Your Story

• Communicating Your Core Values to Prospective Clients




The Next 5 to 10 Years

One Size Fits All

• Not Necessarily Size but Location and Amenities

Adopting Corporate America Standards

• The #1 Question Architects Get Asked About Law Firms

“Efficiency of the Individual or

Effectiveness of the Firm?”

• The Answer is Yes

• Less About Ego and More About Team


Let Your Real Estate Work for You

• Marketing, Recruiting and Retention

Don’t Succumb to Tradition

• Innovation is the Key

Look Outside the Firm

• What are My Competitors Doing

• What are My Clients Doing

• Look to Corporate America and Global Trends

Resources

• IFMA, ALA, AIA, IIDA



Questions



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