Why Law Firms are Going to War with the Press

This fall, after the Boston Business Journal reported on dozens of departures at Locke Lord Edwards , the firm’s chair Jerry Clements sprung into action.

In a scathing Letter to the Editor , Clements accused the newspaper of painting an inaccurate picture and the firm issued a press release proclaiming its Boston office, where many of the departures occurred, “stronger than ever.”

“To suggest that the departures of those lawyers who left our firm will prevent us from achieving our vision may make for a sensational headline,” Clements wrote in her letter, “but it is a very narrow, unsophisticated and uninformed perspective.”

The ...