Managing a Law Firm

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Outsourcing for Ethics Compliance

In the past, “outsourcing” brought to mind images of large offices filled with workers on telephones, most likely overseas, fielding customer service center phone calls. That it is not what I have in mind when I suggest using outsourcing in your ...

Megan Zavieh - April 4, 2016
Follow the Leaders

One of the nicest things about Attorney at Work, from our perspective, is getting to know so many really smart and dedicated people. Those who serve as our Advisors are among a select few who set and predict trends in the business of practicing ...

The Editors - April 1, 2016
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Three Steps to Increasing Law Practice Productivity

I bet this has happened to you. You show up at the office with the best intentions. You’re finally going to get that marketing project — or some other large project — done so you can reap the rewards. You sit down at your desk. Your voicemail ...

Raj Jha - March 31, 2016
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Book Review: How to Be Successful at Succession Planning

Book Review | “The Lawyer's Guide to Succession Planning: A Project Management Approach for Successful Law Firm Transitions and Exits.”

Roy S. Ginsburg - March 30, 2016
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15 Minutes of Silence: Bet You Can’t!

A while back, the Wall Street Journal ran an article that posed a critical question worth considering. A CEO of a highly successful company was challenged by a friend to sit still for 15 minutes in complete silence. And he bet him $15,000 that ...

Dustin Cole - March 29, 2016
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Fighting Words: Letter of the Law

My neighbor Charlie stopped me in the driveway the other night and asked, “Can you help me here? I got this stupid letter from some jerk lawyer, and I'm mad as hell!” He was red-faced, waving the offending letter violently. “Well, sure,” I ...

Otto Sorts - March 22, 2016
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Blurred Lines, Part Three: Securing Your Backups

In the first two installments of "Blurred Lines," Tom Lambotte explained why you need a mobile device management policy and a Tom Lambotte - March 16, 2016

So You Say You Want to Survive?

We're seeing a record number of law firm mergers these days. Primarily this is because so many firms fail to recognize and adapt to the big changes in the profession — and then, ultimately, they realize they can't survive on their own. Attorney ...

Bob Denney - March 15, 2016
Don’t Speak Like a Patronizing ‘Parent’

The parade of presidential candidates across my television screen has reminded me of the transactional analysis best-seller, "I’m OK, You’re OK." Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic therapy method. It defines three ego-states: Child, ...

Theda C. Snyder - March 14, 2016
The Truth Is in Here: Lawyer Lessons Buried in ‘The X-Files’

If this sounds like a thinly veiled excuse to write an article about "The X-Files" that is only tangentially related to law practice management, well, it is. So, sue me. (See what I did there.) Jared Correia - March 10, 2016

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