SAN DIEGO-Today's successful law firms recognize how technologyis reducing their need for office space. From the ever increasingtelecommuting to utilizing the efficiencies created by electronicstorage of pleadings and documents, firms are finding opportunitiesto eliminate wasted office space. So says Colliers International'sRon Miller, member of Colliers' law firm servicesgroup. GlobeSt.com exclusively chatted with Miller on trendsshaping the law industry's usage of office space.
GlobeSt.com: What significant change have you seenwith San Diego's Law Industry over the last 10years?
Miller: San Diego's demographics arechanging. In 2000, 95% of the major law firms were doing businessfrom downtown's Central Business District. Today, more than 50% ofthe major law firms are doing business 20 miles north of the SanDiego Courthouse. Being closer to where emerging industries, highand bio-tech companies are located along with proximity to wherepartners live has necessitated establishing offices in the NorthCity West area (UTC and Carmel Valley).
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Natalie Dolce, editor-in-chief of GlobeSt.com and GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, is responsible for working with editorial staff, freelancers and senior management to help plan the overarching vision that encompasses GlobeSt.com, including short-term and long-term goals for the website, how content integrates through the company’s other product lines and the overall quality of content. Previously she served as national executive editor and editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, and was responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, she was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Her background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats for M magazine, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, FashionLedge.com, and Co-Ed magazine. Dolce has also freelanced for a number of publications, including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine.
