Erskine

Knows but one person in all the world — his client.

Thomas Erskine · 1792

Erskine defended his client against the full weight of the Crown, on the principle that an advocate stands with a single person — not with the institution, not with the audience, not with the argument that would be easier to make. That is the model.

Every firm that places executives today works for the company doing the hiring. Erskine works for the person being hired, and only for them. One engagement, one leader, one interest held. The pairing appears when the engagement begins — on the letter of appointment, the dossier, the contract, and every artifact private to the leader. It does not appear here.