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4 Keys To Effective Mentorship For Your Small Firm

Renato Matos

Managing Partner

By Ethan Beberness

Above the Law’s Ethan Beberness interviewed Capell Barnett Managing Partner Renato Matos on the important role mentorship plays in building a law firm.

By fostering the relationships that naturally form in close-knit working environments, small law firms have unique opportunities to develop the young attorneys who may one day take over the firm’s operations.

At Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, a firm tackling a wide variety of legal matters with a team of 20 attorneys based in New York City, Long Island, and Miami, mentorship is an area of focus, according to New York-based managing partner Renato Matos, who shared the following in a recent interview:

Foster Informal Relationships

Even if setting up a formal mentoring program feels unnecessary, fostering natural mentor-mentee relationships is essential to maintaining a firm culture that encourages attorneys to stay.

“When you start working at the firm, there’s generally a particular partner that you start to work with and develop a relationship with,” says Matos, whose practice covers several aspects of real estate law and matters related to religious…

 

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