1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: James Wilber Dan Safran
Principal Executive VP, Legal Solutions
Altman Weil, Inc. Project Leadership Associates, Inc.
(414) 427-5400 (312) 876-2787
jswilber@altmanweil.com dsafran@projectleadership.net
ALTMAN WEIL AND PROJECT LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATES SIGN
CONSULTING ALLIANCE AGREEMENT
Legal Industry Consultants Will Work Together To Provide
Strategically Aligned Service Offerings
Newtown Square, PA and Chicago, IL, April 1, 2010 – Altman Weil, Inc. and Project
Leadership Associates, Inc. today announced that they have signed a formal strategic
alliance agreement. Both firms provide strategic advisory and consulting services to the
global legal market.
Legal management consultancy Altman Weil has served the profession for four decades
with thought leadership on strategy, management, finance, mergers, compensation, and
business development. Project Leadership Associates is the largest independent
business and technology consultancy serving the US legal industry, offering a full
spectrum of services from strategic execution and operational guidance, to legal
applications and infrastructure design and delivery.
“In today’s market, law firms and corporate law departments are being challenged to
develop more sophisticated strategies to manage their organizations — in areas like
alternative fee arrangements, greater process efficiency, or enhanced performance
benchmarking,” said Altman Weil Principal James Wilber. “By joining forces, Altman
Weil and Project Leadership are ideally positioned to help our clients integrate cutting-
edge business and technology solutions into their strategic operations.”
The two organizations have already undertaken shared projects with key law firm and
corporate law department clients. A joint task force is developing new market offerings
that leverage each firm’s expertise, including pricing strategies, project management and
post-merger integration.
“We’re finding terrific synergies among our consultants and our clients,” commented
Project Leadership Associates Executive Vice President, Legal Solutions, Dan Safran.
“Both firms have a strong footprint with AmLaw law firms and Fortune 500 corporations,
and share a philosophy of uncompromising quality and personalized service that we
believe sets us apart,” added Project Leadership Associates CEO and President Daniel
Porcaro.

2. About Altman Weil
Founded in 1970, Altman Weil, Inc. is dedicated exclusively to the legal profession. It
provides management consulting services to law firms, law departments and legal
vendors worldwide. The firm is independently owned by its professional consultants,
who have backgrounds in law, industry, finance, marketing, administration and
government. More information on Altman Weil can be found at www.altmanweil.com.
About Project Leadership Associates
Project Leadership Associates, Inc. (PLA) is the largest provider of business and
technology consulting solutions, focused on the US legal market. Since 1998, PLA has
served more than 350 global and US law firm and corporate legal departments of all
sizes. PLA’s legal consulting services span strategy execution, practice operations, IT
strategy, software applications and infrastructure planning, selection and
implementation. Its legal operation services span back office; IT; litigation readiness and
e-discovery; document, records and knowledge management; business
recovery/continuity planning; finance; HR; business intake/conflicts; docket, etc. PLA
also offers legal technology consulting services that bridge software applications and
infrastructure solutions including business intelligence and financial reporting tools,
managed/outsourced services, and technology solutions from many leading industry
vendors. Additional information on PLA’s services can be found at
www.projectleadership.net.