How do you grow your firm and still maintain a close-knit team? Jason Pink, Administrator of Gianelli & Associates in Modesto…
MANAGING THE OFFICE
How one California law firm regained its corporate culture and improved business
August 19, 2019 by
WORKING WITH LAWYERS
9 ways to stay neutral (and sane) when reporting to multiple lawyers
June 21, 2019 by
The job of managing a law office can be unpredictable, because you often don’t have the luxury of answering to just one boss. Instead, there are as many bosses as there are…
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…
READER TIPS
Orientation program sends new hires in the right direction
April 26, 2019 by
Staff orientation ensures a good start on the job. No matter what the work, the employer/employee relationship is made or broken in the first 90 days, says the director of administration at a 37-attorney office in California. It’s during those first three months that people conclude either…
INCREASING PROFITS
If you’re ignoring these 6 rules, you can kiss your budget good-bye
September 28, 2018 by
It’s that time of year when law firm administrators need to “calmly and carefully consider how they are going to invest their resources to…
INCREASING PROFITS
The County Law Library: Don’t overlook this FREE and valuable legal resource
September 14, 2018 by
According to just about every legal management article, webinar, or podcast, the landscape of the legal market in the past few years has…
INCREASING PROFITS
The top five reasons firms lose money and go out of business
September 7, 2018 by
“Lawyers become lawyers because they want to help people and practice the art of law,” says Los Angeles financial consultant…
BILLING & COLLECTIONS
San Diego firm gets more cash faster with easy-to-use online credit card payment system
September 29, 2017 by
It can be pretty daunting to introduce a new feature on your website, especially one that involves…
READER TIPS
Why you should include staff at your annual firm retreat this year
September 16, 2016 by
Including staff and spouses at the firm’s annual retreat builds a bond between attorneys and staff and creates a positive attitude toward…
MANAGING STAFF
Turn staff from critters into smart thinkers with ownership in their jobs
June 17, 2016 by
The brain has two states.
One is the “critter state.” That’s the point at which a person responds like a raccoon or a skunk or any other critter. The focus is survival. It’s fright-freeze-fight-flight…
