Let’s face it, attorneys are notorious for being aloof and stodgy. Walls lined with mahogany bookshelves and lawyers wearing starched shirts and designer suits while sitting at oak desks only fuel that image.  But even the most traditional law firms are recognizing the value of the newest media trends—thanks to client expectations and increased competition [...]

LexisNexis Firm Manager® and HowToManageaSmallLawFirm.com have announced their co-sponsorship of  the “How to Make More Money With Your Small Law Firm Tour” in three U.S. cities, beginning with Philadelphia, PA on April 12th-13th. “Whether by choice or by circumstance, many attorneys are hanging shingles and practicing law on their own for the first time,” said [...]

In my last post, I showed you how to evaluate your practice’s performance in 2012; now, it’s time to make sure you’re on track in 2013 – and that requires a plan.  As Ben Franklin so aptly put it, “A failure to plan is a plan to fail.”  Since you don’t want to fail, it’s [...]

The first few months of a new year are a great time to take an inventory of how the last year worked out for your law practice. If your year was a blazing success from start to finish, what can you do to make this year even better?  If last year was disappointing in some [...]

In today’s legal economy, it’s not enough to be a good lawyer and practice law. Whereas in the past a law firm evaluated performance of junior and senior associates and acted accordingly, these days even partners are being targeted. But this is not totally new news. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, cuts to [...]