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.
Bull Garlington explains the ways a daily poetry practice improves legal writing, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking.
Bull Garlington - October 9, 2025
Emily LaRusch | Strategically outsourcing to fractional specialists may be the answer to solo and small firm lawyers' struggle to bill more hours.
Emily LaRusch - October 2, 2025
Bullying in the legal profession takes many forms, affects 1 in 4 lawyers, and — surprise — the biggest bullies are rarely reported and rarely face consequences. October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and the Illinois Supreme Court ...
Erika Harold - October 1, 2025
In a profession long plagued by stress and dissatisfaction, a surprising outlier has emerged: the solo attorney.
Laura Churchman - September 22, 2025
Process Improvement Tips | Karen and David Skinner suggest five ways to outsource the personal tasks that quietly (or not so quietly!) drain your time and energy.
David and Karen Skinner - September 8, 2025
Sasha Berson | Law firm marketing is an arms race. If your agency isn't equipped to win it for you, prepare to hand clients to your competitors. So, what's a law firm owner to do? Let's break it down.
Sasha Berson - September 4, 2025
A starter set of metrics any small or midsize law firm can adopt to tighten operations, control leakage and keep pricing fair and sustainable
Mori Kabiri - September 2, 2025
Analog Attorney | The Hobonichi Techo is the gold standard for dated and undated planners, and uses the world's best paper, and you should get one.
Bull Garlington - August 31, 2025
Jared Correia | Have you seen Michael Keaton movie where he plays Ray Kroc in "The Founder," a late-life biopic of the great co-opter of McDonald’s? Now, you may be asking yourself: Why write about this movie in Attorney at Work? Excellent ...
Jared Correia - August 29, 2025
Instead of going into full-on Godzilla mode when giving tough feedack, try something that actually helps people grow, says Merrilyn Astin Tarlton. Listen on Attorney at Work Today.
Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - August 27, 2025