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Improving Firm Profitability Through Contracts

J. Mark Santiago

The best and most effective way to drive firm profitability is through influencing partner behavior. The best way to incent the partners is by linking their compensation clearly and directly to the achievement of the firm's business strategy.

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Layoffs, Expenses and Return-to-Office Policies Top Worries of Law Firm Leaders In 2023

Andrew Maloney & Patrick Smith

While economic troubles and fears of a recession are top concerns for law firm leaders now, some shifts within the legal industry are also triggering alarm bells. Interviews with more than a dozen law firm leaders identified a growing list of challenges that law firm leaders are grappling with now,

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Why Are Some Bills Easier to Collect Than Others?

Alex Geisler

Why do some people sail through the entire budgeting, billing and collection process, while for others collection always means trepidation?

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Litigation Financing 2.0: Financing the Business of Law

Joshua Libling

It is not accidental that funding the creation or growth of law firms and practice groups has tended to follow a traditional path. Rather, this circumstance is a combination of traditional legal temperament and structural barriers to innovation. Recently, there have been changes to both.

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Amending (or Terminating) Deferred Compensation Plans Without Penalties

Lawrence L. Bell

This article reminds readers of §409A's draconian penalties and specific guidance of amending modifying, amending or terminating existing nonqualified deferred compensation plans.

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The Case for Having A Lawyer As Your Financial Planner

Bryce Sanders

The accounting industry picked up on this idea years ago when the big accounting firms set up subsidiaries offering management consulting services. Lawyers are in an ideal position to offer impartial investment advice because they are fiduciaries.

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Billing Rates Have Increased, But Not Enough to Beat Inflation

Andrew Maloney

Law firm billing rates have increased across all law positions in 2022, but not necessarily enough to keep pace with inflation. That's according to news reports that point to some more challenges for law firm profits.

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Are We Over Thinking Office Return Strategies?

Anthony Davies

Routines based around 'work from home' are calcifying, and commuting, parking, sandwich shops and childcare are fading into distant memory. With each passing week, the challenge to win attorneys back into the office increases.

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Recession Proofing A Law Firm

Melissa "Rogo" Rogozinski

Whatever term the economists use to describe the slowing pace of commerce, the real question is: how do you protect your law firm's revenue stream when economic pressures are causing current and prospective clients to tighten their budgets?

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The Four Legal Sales Strategies

Eric Dewey

The 'best choice' provider pitch may not be the optimal sales strategy. It's better to adjust to where the prospect is in their buying decision process — whether that means they are looking for providers, they are studying the situation, they already have counsel, or they have decided not to address the issue.

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