Akerman LLP’s new firmwide managing partner position addresses the firm’s need for more support in carrying out its operations, said Scott A. Meyers, the Chicago-based partner who assumed this new position late last month.“As the firm has continued to grow and expand, both in terms of the number of offices and our numbers within offices, there is a recognition of a need for additional management working at the intersection of our strategy and operations that help translate the vision into real-world …