Finances
The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice
Reid F. Trautz & Dan Pinnington, published 2009, 156 pages Busy lawyers do not have dozens of extra hours to conduct research looking for new tips and ideas to streamline and enhance their practice of law. They need “just-in-time” learning to acquire the knowledge necessary to build their practices. This convenient pocket guide is the… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Firm Management, Legal Technology, Marketing, Solo and Small FirmWinning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work 3rd Edition
Mark A. Robertson and James A. Calloway, published 2008, 175 pages with cd-rom Your entire practice is based on doing battle for your clients. Unfortunately, the issues that arise when it comes to assessing the value of these protective and beneficial services are a source of contention for both yourself and your clients. This newly… Read More »
Categories: Book, FinancesResults-Oriented Financial Management: A Step by Step Guide to Law Firm Profitability 2nd Edition
John G. Iezzi CPA, published 2003, 272 pages with CD-ROM This hands-on, how-to book will provide managing partners, law firm managers, and law firm accountants with the budgeting and financial knowledge needed to make critical decisions. The newly revised and expanded second edition describes the entire financial management process, from gathering a firm’s historical data… Read More »
Categories: Book, FinancesLawyer’s Guide to Increasing Revenue: Unlocking the Profit Potential in Your Firm (2nd Edition)
Arthur G. Greene, published 2012, 194 pages with CD-ROM Are you ready to look beyond cost-cutting and toward new revenue opportunities? Learn how you can achieve growth using the resources you already have at your firm. Discover the factors that affect your law firm’s revenue production, how to evaluate them, and how to take specific… Read More »
Categories: Book, FinancesHow to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay, 3rd Edition
Mark Robertson and J. Harris Morgan, 2018 Since the publication of the second edition of How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay, new technologies have emerged in timekeeping and billing to help you more easily prepare bills that are clear and informative to your client. This new edition and expanded edition of a practice-proven… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Solo and Small FirmHow Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times
Sharon D. Nelson, James A. Calloway & Ross L. Kodner, published 2009, 230 pages Worried about the economy? Are you a lawyer out of work? Are you afraid you will be laid off? Are you struggling to manage your firm through a down economy? In a single volume, How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times, will… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Legal Careers, Marketing, Solo and Small FirmCompensation Plans for Law Firms, 6th Edition
Edited by James D. Cotterman, Altman Weil, Inc., published 2015, 186 pages The revised Sixth Edition of Compensation Plans for Law Firms, provides complete and systematic guidance on how to establish a fair and competitive compensation program for your firm. The book includes workable approaches for compensating partners and associates, as well as other contributors… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Firm ManagementCollecting Your Fee: Getting Paid from Intake to Invoice
Edward Poll, Published 2002, 166 pages with CD-ROM This practical and user-friendly guide provides you with proven strategies and sound advice that will make the process of collecting your fees simpler, easier, and more effective! This handy resource provides you with the framework around which to structure your collection efforts. You’ll learn how you can… Read More »
Categories: Book, FinancesAlternative fee arrangements in litigation
In recent years more focus has turned to alternative fee arrangements as a way to offer clients more predictable costs and affordable legal services. Hughes Amys LLP, based out of Hamilton and Toronto, offers alternative fee arrangements which have proven successful for them. Here is a look at how they’ve done it. “We’ve been doing… Read More »
Categories: 2016 September A2J, Articles, Civil Litigation, Features, Finances, RetainersFinancial success and work satisfaction – the perfect combination
There are two new titles in the practicePRO library that can help lawyers be happier in their jobs in two ways: inner fulfillment and proper compensation. Kathleen Paukert, author of The Fulfilled Lawyer: Create the Practice You Desire, doesn’t have a lot of time for the negativity she increasingly hears from lawyers about the practice… Read More »
Categories: 2016 January Indigenous, Articles, Book Review, Finances, Legal Careers