THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: August 27, 1999 12:25 PM Friday; Rod Welch

Sent Dave letter about doing Com Metrics for Thelen Reid Priest.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Thelen Reid & Priest "Textbook Example of Successful Merger"
3...Energy, Utility and Infrastructure Practice Group, New Effort
4...Merger Provides Construction Clients with Expanded Service
5...Background


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP            415 392 6320
020101 - Mr. David Buoncristiani, Esq.
0202 - Dutra Dredging Company               415 721 2131 fax or 800...
020201 - Mr. Robert D. Johnston; President

SUBJECTS
Thelin, Reid
Inquiries
Commercial Partners for Phase II Funding
Bonding Companies
Legal Firms

0807 -    ..
0808 - Summary/Objective
0809 -
080901 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000.
080902 -
080903 - Submitted ref DIT 1 linked to this record and to the paper prepared
080904 - on 960620 - Dialog, Documents and Human Memory..., ref OF 2 2117,
080905 - proposing support for TRP objective to expand service to its clients.
080906 -
080907 -     [On 990831 lawyer objects to web mail. ref SDS 12 0001]
080908 -
080909 -     [On 990909 called Dave to follow up. ref SDS 13 0001]
080910 -
080911 -     [On 990914 called to follow up. ref SDS 14 0001]
080912 -
080913 -     [On 990923 called to follow up. ref SDS 15 0001]
080914 -
080915 -     [On 991203 proposed specific scope of services for legal support
080916 -     at TRP. ref SDS 17 9890]
080917 -
080918 -
080919 -
0810 -
0811 -
0812 - Progress
0813 -
081301 -  ..
081302 - Thelen Reid & Priest "Textbook Example of Successful Merger"
081303 -
081304 - This month, received...
081305 -
081306 -
081307 -                       Thelen Reid Register
081308 -
081309 -
081310 - The lead article is a Message from the Chairman, Richard N. Gary...
081311 -
081312 -
081313 -                       The Textbook Merger
081314 -
081315 -
081316 - ...explaining success of a merger that created Thelen Reid & Priest
081317 - (TRP), OA 980701.  The new firm now ranks 67th in gross revenue.  Gary
081318 - says the culture at TRP is to look forward and outward, but there is
081319 - no harm taking a quick glance backward and inward at what has been an
081320 - extraordinary 13 months for the new firm.
081321 -
081322 -      Looking "backward" not only causes no harm, it is the essential
081323 -      process of human intelligence that enables civilization to move
081324 -      forward, as reviewed on 921217. ref SDS 1 7344
081325 -
081326 - Gary further writes... "We have not only expanded our client base as a
081327 - result of the merger -- which of course benefits us, but we now offer
081328 - far more comprehensive and cost-effective legal services that ever
081329 - before -- which benefits our clients.  That has been the key reason of
081330 - our success.
081331 -
081332 -
081333 -  ..
081334 - Energy, Utility and Infrastructure Practice Group, New Effort
081335 -
081336 - A second article on the front page of the Thelen Reid Register
081337 - announces formation of a new practice group that combines historic
081338 - strengths to provide business and legal support for...
081339 -
081340 -          Project and Asset Finance
081341 -          Securities
081342 -          Energy Regulation
081343 -          Project Development
081344 -          Construction
081345 -          Tax and Employee Benefits
081346 -          Labor
081347 -          Litigation
081348 -          Real Estate
081349 -          Government Relations
081350 -          Environmental Affairs
081351 -
081352 -
081353 -  ..
081354 - Merger Provides Construction Clients with Expanded Service
081355 -
081356 - An article on page 3, says TRP provides an array of construction
081357 - expertise and service in Construction and Government Contracts
081358 - Practice.  Clients include...
081359 -
081360 -           Bechtel
081361 -           Bovis
081362 -           The Clark Construction Group
081363 -           J.A. Jones
081364 -           The Ralph M. Parsons Company
081365 -           Modern Continental
081366 -           Morse Diesel International
081367 -           Otmans Construction
081368 -           Parsons Brinkerhoff
081369 -           Perini
081370 -           Raytheon Engineers and Constructors
081371 -           Swinerton Inc.
081372 -           URS/Greiner/Woodward Clyde
081373 -
081374 -
081375 - Possibly service can be expanded to include Communication Metrics.
081376 -
081377 -
081378 -
081379 -  ..
081380 - Background
081381 -
081382 -
081383 -    1.  On 930921 Anne Bevington at KHLS advised Communication Metrics
081384 -        would be useful for legal support. ref SDS 2 6883
081385 -
081386 -    2.  On 960620 prepared a paper...
081387 -
081388 -                    Dialog, Documents and Human Memory
081389 -                    a Legal Perspective
081390 -
081391 -        ...for the Asilomar Conference. ref OF 2 2117  A theory of
081392 -        "knowledge space" supports Concurrent Discovery for technology
081393 -        to apply legal practice of aligning information. ref SDS 4 1101
081394 -        Management standards in the PMBOK and ISO require traceability
081395 -        to original sources, reported on 950721. ref SDS 3 1740  On
081396 -
081397 -    3.  On 990419 Dave indicated Communication Metrics offers useful
081398 -        support for projects, and Common Administration could be an
081399 -        effective application. ref SDS 5 9420
081400 -
081401 -    4.  On 990432 offered to support Com Metrics for Dave at TRP.
081402 -        ref SDS 6 0001
081403 -
081404 -    5.  On 990527 Morris Jones suggested that lawyers are a better
081405 -        market for Communication Metrics because they do a lot of
081406 -        writing; whereas, engineers at Intel, do not like to write, and
081407 -        cultural forces impede support. ref SDS 7 1233
081408 -
081409 -    6.  Sent Dave a copy of proposal to NSF, ref OF 3, in my letter,
081410 -        ref DIP 2 0977, submitted on 990616. ref SDS 8 0001  On 990713
081411 -        letter follows up proposal to NSF, ref DIP 3 8582, per SDS
081412 -        record. ref SDS 9 0001
081413 -  ..
081414 -    7.  Today, Denis said Communication Metrics needs to be specified,
081415 -        but he won't do it unless someone tells him to include this
081416 -        requirement. ref SDS 11 3025
081417 -
081418 -        As a result, the law is the only "intelligence" in management,
081419 -        and it is applied to late to avoid costly mistakes and delay,
081420 -        as explained in the NWO paper. ref OF 1 2536
081421 -
081422 -     [On 990831 lawyer objects to web mail. ref SDS 12 0001]
081423 -
081424 -     [On 990909 called Dave to follow up. ref SDS 13 0001]
081425 -
081426 -     [On 991001 scheduled meeting for 991007. ref SDS 16 0001]
081427 -
081428 -
081429 -
081430 -
0815 -
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