Lafayette & Kumagai LLP was named by clients as an Honor Roll firm in 4 separate areas of litigation, including Complex Employment and Complex Commercial litigation, in BTI Consulting’s BTI Litigation Outlook 2019: Changes, Trends and Opportunities for Law Firms. The survey, which is based on interviews with more than 350 general counsel and other top legal decision makers at companies with $1 billion or more in revenue, highlights litigation trends and opportunities and explores how client behavior and spending will change in 2019.

BTI Litigation Outlook 2019 is based solely on in-depth telephone interviews with leading legal decision-makers. This comprehensive analysis trends data from more than 5,100 corporate counsel client interviews conducted over the span of 19 years. Each year, BTI Consulting reaches out to a strategically designed group of top legal decision-makers at large organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue. It targets the decision-makers in the industries who spend the most on legal affairs as well as thought leaders and innovative chief legal officers. The survey also includes chief legal operating officers and business executives who hire and influence the selection and hiring of law firms.