Firm Management
Anatomy of a Law Firm Merger: How to Make or Break the Deal 3rd Edition
Hildebrandt International, Published 2004, 208 pages and CD-ROM A well-planned merger brings many benefits for the merging firms – regardless of size or specialty. Here’s a clear, concise, step-by-step guide to the art and science of the merger deal, covering everything from making the decision to merge and analyzing whether the merger makes sense, to… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementThe ABA Guide to Professional Managers in the Law Office
Edited by Carolyn Thornlow, published 1996, 188 pages Hiring professional managers to handle the administration of your law firm frees your lawyers up to do what they do best-practice law and develop new client relationships. Here’s your complete toolkit for interviewing, hiring, and training professional managers in administration, finance, information management, human resources, marketing, facilities… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm Management200 Ways to Make Your Law Firm an Extraordinary Place to Work
Edited by Sue Umbdenstock and Rosemary Shiels, 92 pages What do you do to stand out as an employer? What makes your staff and attorneys want to come to work every day? Read about the events, activities, special recognitions and other best practices in place at some of your peers’ firms – ways to foster… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementCompensation 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 ManagementAre you a Maximizer or a Satisficer? How to make happier choices
The last time you bought a house or searched for a rental apartment, how did you choose, and how did you feel about your choice afterward? Psychologists studying the relationship between how we make choices and our life satisfaction have found that those who put the greatest effort into making choices are rewarded with less… Read More »
Categories: 2017 February Neuroscience, Firm Management, LAWPRO Magazine, LAWPRO Magazine Article Type, Wellness, WellnessHow unhealthy lawyers affect client service
Almost all lawyers experience stress, but unless it becomes toxic, there is little risk to the client. Occasionally things get truly out of control. That’s when important deadlines are missed, communication with the client diminishes (or ends), and files languish. In extreme cases, the lawyer ‘pretends’ to practice by misrepresenting to the client that work… Read More »
Categories: 2015 September Blue Sky, Articles, Communications Errors, Conflicts of Interest, Firm Management, Inadequate Investigation, Time Management, Wellness, WellnessProtecting the team – A firm’s most valuable asset
There are certainties in life. Death. Taxes. A person who is well, physically and mentally, is more productive than if he or she is not well. That last truth should be self-evident; if it isn’t, it might be proved by the wealth of material published on wellness. A Google search produces 393,000,000 hits. That said,… Read More »
Categories: 2015 September Blue Sky, Articles, Firm Management, Wellness, WellnessIncreased run-off insurance: A critical issue often overlooked in lawyers’ estate planning
When a lawyer passes away while still in active private practice, LAWPRO’s run-off coverage kicks in. While standard run-off may be enough coverage for lawyers who have been retired for several years (since potential claims will have had time to develop), it may not be sufficient for a lawyer who was practising full-time at the… Read More »
Categories: Articles, Content Type, Firm Management, LAWPRO policy, Succession PlanningDoes your firm have a social media policy?
So your firm has one or more social media accounts they use to deliver its message. But do you have a social media policy for your employees to use? In this day and age, many of your employees have personal (Facebook) and professional (LinkedIn) accounts that may be effectively associated with the firm, based on… Read More »
Categories: 2014 September Diversity, Articles, Firm Management, Social MediaShort reads for better practice management
Many of the most popular recent additions to the practicePRO Lending Library have been from the ABA’s “One Hour” series. These books present practice management and technology topics in a format that can be read in (more or less) an hour. We’ve added three new titles to the Library. Legal Project Management In One Hour… Read More »
Categories: 2014 September Diversity, Articles, Book Review, Finances, Firm Management, Legal Technology