According to best-selling author Regina Brett, “Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and…
MANAGING THE OFFICE
A simple way to rate attorney performance
June 7, 2019 by
A North Carolina administrator follows an extremely simple formula to calculate the attorneys’ monthly and yearly…
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Start planning now so you can get the most out of the slow days of summer
May 31, 2019 by
By Elizabeth M. Miller bio
Summer is fast approaching, and with that the inevitable slow-down of the court dockets as judges and judicial assistants make their escape over summer vacation. There are many ways to make efficient use of…
INCREASING PROFITS
Some not-so-difficult ways to increase revenue
May 17, 2019 by
Need a better bottom line?
Don’t go the way of most firms and start “stripping the heck out of the operating costs.” The real dollars come from…
MANAGING THE OFFICE
To-Dos: Your May office checklist
May 3, 2019 by
It can be difficult to focus on work this month. May is when many of us come down with spring fever, yearning to get outside in the garden or the golf course. As Robin Williams reportedly said, “Spring is nature’s way of…
RECORDKEEPING
Use weekly financial reporting to keep partners aware of cash flow
May 3, 2019 by
A Vermont manager has found that running the financial reports weekly instead of monthly is an easy way for the partners to stay always aware and in control of what’s…
INCREASING PROFITS
8 signs your firm needs an operations analysis
April 12, 2019 by
An operational analysis is an in-depth analysis of the firms’s operations, or, put simply…
MARKETING
Personal touch helps win highly profitable corporate clients
April 5, 2019 by
It’s a first-class presentation, but the corporate business goes to another firm. What happened?
The big balloon deflator is that most…
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Want to improve your bottom line? Encourage your partners to delegate
March 22, 2019 by
By Elizabeth M. Miller bio
Law firms are unique in that unlike most other businesses that sell a product, lawyers sell time. Their time is, for a better description…
