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…
YOUR CAREER
10 ways managers are improving their law firms
June 14, 2019 by
Ah, the woes of running a law office. You know them well: Reams of reports, scheduling squabbles, technology tangles, and so much more. It takes a lot of skill, patience, and strategy to make a…
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…
REDUCING MALPRACTICE SUITS
How and why you need to carefully screen cold calls from potential new clients
April 26, 2019 by
What’s your firm’s process for dealing with a potential new client? What happens when someone sends the firm an email asking for a quote for a real estate transaction or when a frantic caller leaves a…
MARKETING
7 ways to make your firm stand out among your competition
April 12, 2019 by
The competition for clients is fierce and law firms are marketing heavily, says marketing expert…
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…
INCREASING PROFITS
Marketing your practice: How to attract more clients by positioning your attorneys as “thought leaders”
March 29, 2019 by
The attorneys in your practice are more than knowledgeable; they are thought leaders in the legal field. So why not share their expertise, and market the practice in the process…
MONTHLY CHECKLIST
To-Dos: Your March office checklist
March 1, 2019 by
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. That’s outside, where winter storms give way to springtime calm. Inside, there can also…
