Loopstra Nixon’s Leadership Team Featured on Cover of Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Canadian Lawyer magazine, Canada’s leading legal industry publication, featured LN’s executive committee and senior management team on the cover of its September issue honoring the 25 most influential lawyers in Canada. The firm’s managing partner, Allan Ritchie was featured as one of the country’s most influential lawyers as judged by his peers and the editors of the magazine.
Canadian Lawyer elected to include the entire leadership team on the cover to recognize the innovative approach to law firm management that the firm has used to propel it to become Canada’s fastest growing law firm. LN is recognized in the marketplace as a firm that values transparency and entrepreneurial spirit. The Executive Committee and management team work tirelessly in pursuit of these values. The firm’s success has been built on transparent and reliable financial metrics which reward long term performance and collaboration, without the high degree of subjectivity inherent in many law firm environments. This transparency has led to the firm becoming a sought after destination for lateral and developing talent. This analytical approach has also led to growth through the merger and acquisition of other practices and firms who are able to adopt LN’s systems to facilitate high quality and consistent growth in revenue and profitability.
Unlike many firms who are governed by lawyers who have transitioned out of full-time practice into administrative roles, LN Is unique in that all of its executive committee members including Ritchie, maintain full time law practices. This approach ensures that strategic decisions are being made by high performing lawyers who know what it takes to empower the success of the lawyers around them. LN has also assembled a ‘dream team’ of talented business leaders who are tasked with executing on their continued growth vision. In recent years, LN has recruited or developed a ‘best of the best’ team of managers across finance, operations, technology, human resources and marketing.
“Management excellence has a very real positive impact on the quality of the service we deliver to our clients. We don’t see our management leaders and executive committee as back-office functions,” said Ritchie. "Our executive committee is comprised of many of the firm’s top performing lawyers who are actively engaged in setting the future of the firm. It is the greatest joy to be part of this team who have come together at this moment to do something quite spectacular in the Canadian legal market. We are thrilled that Canadian Lawyer has chosen to recognize the success of our unique approach.”
Read the full issue here: CL Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers 2024 - Allan Ritchie (canadianlawyermag.com)
