A few years ago, while president of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, I created a Task Force to study what it took for lawyers to succeed in the 21st Century. As an adjunct to that process, I wrote an article that reflected my dual roles of being a retained outside counsel and a General Counsel/client. I identified the three rules that will dictate success for practicing lawyers during the turbulent times. As we move through the early years of this century, I thought they might be instructive.