Managing a Law Firm

Build a Stress Safety Net Into Your Law Practice

C’mon. We know you work long hours for what seems like an increasingly smaller paycheck. That you have to deal with belligerent clients, difficult judges and a schedule so overbooked that you hardly have time to take a breath, much less a lunch ...

Mary Ellen Sullivan - July 3, 2013
Time Management and Productivity Tips for Lawyers
Time Management and Productivity Tips for Lawyers

Yep, it's another one of those great (and free) Attorney at Work downloads! Today we're tackling time: managing it, saving it, tracking it — and using it wisely. A Matter of Time: Time Management and Productivity Tips for ...

The Editors - July 2, 2013
Five Roadblocks That Can Repel a Good Client

Recently, I needed a lawyer while out of state. I knew enough to know the law was different there — and that I was definitely going to need some expert advice. I also know more than a few things about how to find and engage a good lawyer. I ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - June 28, 2013
Evolutionary Road
Speed Your Law Practice Down the Evolutionary Road

It feels good to put your law firm's business strategy into action, doesn't it? No more time spent dithering over whether to spend the odd $50 on a banquet ticket. No more games of "my prospect is more important than yours!" You say you don't ...

The Editors - June 27, 2013
Clean Up Your Email Routine

Nothing messes with your productivity like a clogged email inbox. Fortunately, it is never too late to polish up your daily e-routine — or to trash bad habits that are slowing you down. Andrea Cannavina is an expert in teaching lawyers to do ...

Andrea Cannavina - June 26, 2013
Women looking at laptop screen Optimize
Your Law Practice and the Visual Web

It's pretty clear that the web is going visual. As Google Chairman Eric Schmidt puts it, “The content of the Internet is video.” Google is adding new ways to explore images online. Even local business listing results are becoming more ...

Gyi Tsakalakis - June 24, 2013
Secret Shopping Your Law Firm

Taking an occasional step back to put yourself in your clients' shoes can be one of the most valuable ways to improve your client service.

Chelsey Lambert - June 19, 2013
Phone calls
Four Client Intake Mistakes to Avoid

A lot of law firms spend good money to generate leads through marketing, advertising, promotions and networking, in both online or offline venues. But most of that money is lost because of inconsistent and unsystematic intake when a lead ...

Ryan Pitz - June 18, 2013
Make the Timekeeping Honor Roll

Wise lawyers know that contemporaneous timekeeping is essential to the success of any fee arrangement—and to the overall financial success of your law firm. Lawyers who reconstruct their time weekly tend to lose 25 to 30 percent of their time, ...

Frederick J. Esposito Jr. - June 14, 2013
Legal Marketing Experts
Marketing a Litigation Practice?

You're a litigator—when people need you, they find you, right? But until they do, they don't think much about you. All your usual business development tactics seem doomed to fall on deaf—or, at the very least, uninterested—ears. So, how do you ...

The Editors - June 13, 2013
envelope

Welcome to Attorney at Work!

       

Sign up for our free newsletter.

x