In Ahab-like Quest, Consultant Seeks Transparency in AmLaw Rankings

On Monday afternoon, a meeting of the minds took place at a Starbucks on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.

Kimberly Kleman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, met her intellectual jousting partner of late, Bruce MacEwen, an outspoken law firm consultant.

In June, in a video op-ed on Big Law Business, MacEwen took a swipe at The American Lawyer’s ranking of the top 200 grossing firms in the United States, or the AmLaw 200, saying it “leads us into the mistake of thinking that all these firms are the same... and they are not remotely the same.”

He expanded, “My real point is ...