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From Good to Great: How Law Firms Achieve Best-in-Class Profitability

What makes a law firm a best-in-class financial performer — and how to make my own practice more successful and enjoyable? This article provides simple principles any small to midsize law firm can use to improve performance.

7 minute read April 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
By
Gary Allen
From Good to Great: How Law Firms Achieve Best-in-Class Profitability

Some things you never forget. Like the Saturday in 1993 when the managing partner called and told me the firm was shutting down — I no longer had a job.

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