The following post is the sixth in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. Instead of immediately trying to get your firm to Level Five proficiency with billing, concentrate on advancing one level at a time. Establishing good practices takes
The following post is the fifth in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. Time and billing is, conceptually, the direct conduit between the legal work being performed and the client. As such, the time and billing function is in
The following post is the fourth in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. Imagine a prospective client – say, a business – needs some assistance prosecuting a simple trademark application. If this client has made the determination that she
The following post is the third in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. Consider this: Currently, in the United States alone, there are 2X more lawyers than are actually needed for the available legal work. Combine that with the
The following post is the second in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. We’ve taken observations from thousands of law firms, extracted some criteria, and constructed a simple scale of billing effectiveness. Typically, we see law firms falling fairly
The following post is the first in a six-part series on legal billing excerpted from our white paper, Houston, We Have a Billing Problem. Over the past six years we’ve worked with thousands of law firms. These firms vary widely in terms of size, practice area, and geographic location. And
The following post is an excerpt from our free e-book, Ridiculously Remarkable Legal Billing. Better billing practices improve your law firm and your life. Here’s the 14th one from the book. Let your clients know in-person when you are making a change to your billing practices. Part of the billing
The following post is an excerpt from our free e-book, Ridiculously Remarkable Legal Billing. Better billing practices improve your law firm and your life. Here’s the 13th one from the book. Don’t try to introduce new changes to your office practices all at once. Instead, incorporate a couple every quarter,
The following post is an excerpt from our free e-book, Ridiculously Remarkable Legal Billing. Better billing practices improve your law firm and your life. Here’s the 12th one from the book. Employ easy-to-use and reliable tools to make billing easier, eliminate errors, and keep the office staff on the same
There is nothing quite like receiving a bill from a lawyer for less than an hour of billable work. Never has a lawyer successfully communicated so many messages by using so few words. To clarify a bit, I’m not referring to a lawyer passing me a bill from a third-party
