In an article I wrote long ago, I encouraged law firm managers and owners not to manage by email. Email is mainly ineffective for conveying messages or instructions to specific employees. Emails can be helpful when conveying firm-wide messages. They can also be used if a law firm is trying to document something for legal…
Category: Management
Freelancers can help law firms
Many law firms have a lot of administrative work that needs to be done, including marketing, graphic design, recruiting, human resources, bookkeeping, and other business services. However, it is cost-prohibitive for many law firms to hire the folks you need to complete the work internally. As a result, some law firms never get to many…
To expand, does it make sense to buy other law firms?
Law firms looking to expand into new markets must determine the best strategy. Some start from scratch, open a satellite office and attempt to grow it. Others seek to buy existing law firms and put them under their umbrella. The potential pros and cons of each strategy are below. Does Buying Existing Law Firms Make…
What’s the average law firm growth rate?
Many law firm owners and managers want to grow or scale their firms. If they can increase their firm, they can pay themselves and their employees more. With more income, law firms can do other great things, like buy new equipment, obtain better benefits, and maybe even expand their law firm. It can even allow…
Major and minor matters: Where are you focusing your time?
As a law firm manager or owner, there is so much time in the day. Where a law manager focuses their time and attention can go a long way toward the success or failure of their law firm. With clients, employees, third-party vendors, solicitors, and others, there are time bandits all around. Everybody is going…
Voicemail is the enemy with potential clients
Obtaining new clientele is essential for most law firms. New clients ensure that the lights stay on and that legal staff have the work to remain profitable and generate income for the firm. Prospective clients can reach out in multiple ways today. With most law firms, potential clients can reach out through phone calls, emails,…
The harmless lunch meeting
Lunch meetings are common for law firm managers and owners. If you run a successful law firm with many social, business, and friend contacts, they often ask you to lunch. Going to lunch with others is often a great thing to do. You spread your wings and meet others by lunch, often leading to referrals….
Are you utilizing performance improvement plans?
Law firms often have employees falling below expectations in a particular area. An employee might do many good things for the law firm and the clients. But there could be an area where they are significantly deficient. The possibilities are endless. However, the law firm might not like the employee’s work product on cases or…
Leaders listen: Are your ears open?
Owning or managing a law firm requires a lot of traits. However, one leadership trait vital to a law firm’s success is listening skills. Many emphasize a leader’s ability to communicate. In many instances, communication skills can involve the ability to teach or present to others in a large group setting. In other instances, the…
The difference between policies and preferences
Law firms need policies and procedures in place because they ensure that everybody knows the rules within the firm. The larger the law firm, the more important it is to have set policies and procedures. Law firms that do not have policies and procedures manuals should consider hiring an employment law firm to assist them….
Does Your Law Firm Have a Budget?
Most lawyers in their private lives operate off a budget. Some may be much more formal about it and put it in writing. Others can generally add up their income and expenses in their head to ensure that more money is coming in than coming out. In this same way, law firms need to have…
Do’s and Don’ts of initial consultations
Initial consultations are critical to the success of any law firm. The reality is that law firms that want to thrive and succeed need to put their best foot forward in an initial consultation. Obtaining new clientele is necessary for a law firm to succeed. New clients ensure that the lights can stay on in…