Managing a Law Firm
There is a timeless truth in our profession that every attorney eventually confronts: being a brilliant legal tactician does not automatically make you a successful business owner. Running a modern law firm requires an entirely separate skillset—one that balances financial precision, operational scaling, and team culture.
If you are ready to stop firefighting administrative tasks and start building a highly profitable, scalable enterprise on your own terms, explore our complete, interactive master handbook: Managing a Law Firm: The Modern Partner’s Blueprint.
For targeted strategies, quick operational toolkits, and curated expert columns, browse our deep-dive archives directly below.
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton | Once you've had a good meeting, you want to ensure you don't lose ground.
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - May 5, 2016
LEAP can increase law office billing by as much as 30 percent because the system facilitates capturing every service provided to the client — and that makes the investment well worth the money. Focused on Serving Small Law Firms LEAP is a ...
Chris Stock - May 2, 2016
Maybe you're due for a little spring makeover? For this Friday Five+ installment, we asked our practice management dream team for their best tips on tidying up your office systems. Heidi Alexander, Dustin Cole, Sharon Nelson, Nora Regis, Deborah ...
Joan Feldman - April 29, 2016
Question: Are there tools available to help me see how many people are reading my blog? Are there standards to judge its success? In this month's "Ask the Experts from the Legal Marketing Association," ...
The Editors - April 28, 2016
How do you know if you’re really busy or just doing busywork? Becoming more productive and profitable is next to impossible if you don’t understand how your team is truly spending its time and allocating its energy. Your law firm needs real, ...
Chelsey Lambert - April 25, 2016
I am the queen of lists. At the end of every month, I write a list of goals for the following month. I have a running to-do list for every day. When I get to the office in the morning, the first thing I do is grab a Post-it note and write what I ...
Ruth Carter - April 18, 2016
The inaugural Shape the Law Unconference will take place April 29, 2016, in San Francisco, focused on "Wellness, Wealth and Wisdom." Attorney at Work is proud to support the new event as a media sponsor. We asked Jeena Cho, one of the four ...
Jeena Cho - April 15, 2016
What’s that phrase from “The Godfather, Part III”? Oh yeah. “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” I left legal tech behind six months ago for Silicon Valley, and while things do move fast out there, legal tech moves at a slower, ...
Gwynne Monahan - April 8, 2016
ABA TECHSHOW just marked its 30th anniversary. The traditional gift for a 30th anniversary is pearl — and that's appropriate since I have received many pearls of wisdom in my years at the conference. I attended my first TECHSHOW in 1999 and I ...
Jim Calloway - April 6, 2016
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
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