Managing a Law Firm

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.


This Is How Eisenhower Boxes Effortlessly Organize Your Life

I know the Eisenhower box is fast, but could it be faster? Two new ways to use this brilliant hack.

Bull Garlington - March 6, 2023
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Law Practice Management Guides: Attorney at Work

Law practice tips! Find the best law practice management advice and resources with our Attorney At Work practice building guides.

The Editors - March 5, 2023
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Book Review: Considering Hanging Out Your Shingle? A Road Map to Becoming ‘Solo by Choice’

Book Review | The third edition of “Solo by Choice," aka the solo practice bible, provides a no-nonsense road map guide to going solo or reinvigorating your post-pandemic solo practice.

Susan Cohodes - March 1, 2023
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Working for the Jerk Partner as a Young Associate

Roy Ginsburg | If you want your best clients to stay when your baby boomer lawyers leave, succession planning is the most effective insurance policy.

Roy S. Ginsburg - February 28, 2023
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4 Tips for Managing Better in a Post-Pandemic World

Paul Burton | You can manage your work or be managed by it. These four tips will keep you in the driver's seat.

Paul H. Burton - February 27, 2023
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Lawyers Who Use Macs: Why They Do It and How

Can you run a law firm with Apple Macs? A Q&A with 4 prolific and proficient Mac-using lawyers and how they run their practices on a Mac.

Brett Burney - February 24, 2023
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Client Satisfaction Surveys: Five Quick Questions to Ask

Lawyers often resist the idea of conducting client satisfaction surveys: They don't believe people will be honest unless they have complete anonymity, and they don't believe clients will take the time to complete the survey. It's true, many will ...

Ray Gross - February 20, 2023
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Creating AutoText Entries to Save Frequently Used Text

Video | The key to text recycling is making it easy to access your frequently repeated phrases and paragraphs. Deborah Savadra shows how to make that happen with AutoText.

Deborah Savadra - February 16, 2023
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Have You Hired a ‘Terrorist’? 4 Kinds of Law Firm Employees

Keeping certain employee personality types can cost you, even if they perform well. Has your law firm hired a puppy or a terrorist?

Brooke Lively - February 14, 2023
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Client Service: Ways to Show Clients You Care

Straight from the heart: Client care advice from Ruth Carter, Bull Garlington, Jay Harrington, Will Hornsby, Susan Kostal, Steve Nelson, Mark Palmer, Teddy Snyder, Jamie Spannhake and Megan Zavieh.

Joan Feldman - February 14, 2023
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