Peter Zeughauser is one of the legal industry's premier strategists and founder of the Zeughauser Group . A broadly skilled consultant, he counsels leaders of top-ranked firms on the challenges and opportunities they face in an increasingly competitive industry as a result of the internationalization, consolidation, and segmentation of the market for legal services. EXPERTISEPeter specializes in law firm mergers and combinations and strategic growth planning at the firm-wide, departmental, practice group, sector, and office level. His planning work focuses on devising strategies that align firm structure and systems with vision, increase revenue and profitability, and that strengthen firm values and culture.AUTHOR, PUBLIC SPEAKER & THOUGHT LEADER Peter is the author of Lawyers Are From Mercury, Clients Are From Pluto (ClientFocus Press, 1999). Since 1996 he has shared his insights on law firm management as a contributing editor of The American Lawyer magazine, for which he writes a regular column.Frequently quoted and featured in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Business Week, The Washington Post, The American Lawyer, the ABA Journal, California Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Magazine, the New York Law Journal, The Recorder, and the Daily Journal, Peter is a highly sought-after speaker.American Lawyer columns by Peter at http://www.consultzg.com/published-in-the-american-lawyer/BACKGROUNDPeter launched his consulting practice in 1995. The keen legal acumen he brings to Zeughauser Group clients is a product of nearly fifteen years of consulting and twenty years of legal practice, including over a decade as senior vice president and general counsel of The Irvine Company. Under his leadership, the company's legal department was ranked in a 1995 National Law Journal survey as one of the country's top ten and cited for being in the vanguard of a powerful client-led legal industry reform movement.FIRM WEBSITEwww.consultzg.comSpecialties: - Strategic growth planning- Mergers and acquisitions- Law Firm Marketing & Competitive Strategies- Branding- Client Retention- Client service interviews and client service teams.