Law Firm Management

  • Preparing for the Affordable Care Act Employer Mandate

    As of Jan. 1, 2015, the ACA begins to impose certain health coverage requirements on employers who have at least 50 employees. Even though its implications are almost a year away, it is not too soon for employers to prepare for the Employer Mandate. Employers would be wise to figure out if the mandate applies to them, understand the potential penalties that can be imposed on them and, taking into account all of the various considerations, decide if they want to pay or play.

    February 28, 2014Gregg Fisch and Michael Campbell

  • 5 Key Reasons to Map out an Effective Marketing Plan

    The beginning of a new year is an ideal time to take control of your career by developing a practical, step-by-step marketing plan to guide your business development and marketing activities throughout the year. Commit to making 2014 a more strategic, deliberate year for your marketing efforts.

    February 28, 2014Kimberly Alford Rice

  • The Business of Branding: Help! I Need an Effective Web Strategy!

    Your firm's website is the single most important component in its marketing communications efforts. Period. It's the lynchpin on which all of your other mar/com efforts rest, it's your "first impression," your opportunity to communicate with targeted clients on a regular basis via blogs, and hopefully it supports your firm's business development efforts.

    February 27, 2014Jeff Roberts

  • 'Glass Ceilings' and Women in Leadership Roles

    This wide-ranging discussion, originally presented at a seminar, introduced statistics suggesting that women still are not reaching the highest level of leadership in law firms and Fortune 500, as compared with their male counterparts.

    February 27, 2014Nicholas Gaffney and Kathleen C. Peahl

  • $1,000 Per Hour Isn't Rare Anymore

    Nearly 20% of the firms included in The National Law Journal's annual survey of large law firm billing rates last year had at least one partner charging more than $1,000 an hour.

    February 26, 2014Karen Sloan

  • On the Move

    Who's doing what; who's going where

    February 25, 2014ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • The Evolution of a Process

    Here we are in 2014, the number of law firms outsourcing parts of their back-office is increasing and more and more firms are interested in the process as a way to control costs and increase the efficiencies in their back office operation. Why the change? To explain it fully requires one to look at the evolution of the process.

    February 25, 2014Rob Mattern