Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Home Topics

Law Firm Management

Features

Drumming Up Business While Trumpeting Your News Image

Drumming Up Business While Trumpeting Your News

Vivian Hood

An Integrated Strategy Despite the current uncertainty, though, developing solid plans with accountability, results and measurement can be done. Preparing a comprehensive business development strategy — one that is integrated with public relations — is more critical than ever to avoid being considered pleasant but boring elevator music.

Features

Communicating During the COVID-19 Crisis Image

Communicating During the COVID-19 Crisis

John J. Buchanan

The COVID-19 pandemic has likely changed how law firms operate from now on, and it has affected all areas, from client service and IT to business development and attorney recruiting and advancement. One area that has been especially hit hard is the communications function.

Features

Year End Is 90 Days Away, Make Every Day Count. Image

Year End Is 90 Days Away, Make Every Day Count.

J. Mark Santiago

We are now into the sixth month of the COVID-19 pandemic and law firms across the country are entering the critical last quarter of the year. Historically, law firms collect between 30% and 50% of their annual revenues in the final 90 days of the calendar year. This year will be more challenging than prior years for a number of reasons.

Features

COVID-19 and Benefit Planning Image

COVID-19 and Benefit Planning

Lawrence L. Bell

The COVID 19/Pandemic/Shutdown has caused turmoil and upended benefit planning.

Features

Redefining Law Firm Financial Management In An Era of Unprecedented Economic Uncertainty Image

Redefining Law Firm Financial Management In An Era of Unprecedented Economic Uncertainty

Ari Kaplan

The pandemic has forced law firms to reevaluate their expenses, refine their budgets, and review their overall operations to adapt to an environment of perpetual uncertainty. To understand their approach, options, and considerations, LSQ engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to benchmark a range of metrics and perspectives from leaders at an array of organizations.

Features

Law Firm Profitability Expected to Be Stable for 2020 Despite Decreased Revenue Image

Law Firm Profitability Expected to Be Stable for 2020 Despite Decreased Revenue

Dan Packel

Economists are increasingly gravitating to the concept of a "K-shaped" recovery following the steep plunge of the early days of the coronavirus crisis. With a slight tweak, that "K" may well serve as a useful depiction of law firm profitability in 2020: just add a horizontal third line at the center.

Features

Undercutting the Cost of Underperforming Attorneys Image

Undercutting the Cost of Underperforming Attorneys

Sharon Meit Abrahams

As a firm leader it is your fiscal responsibility to address underperforming attorneys. With COVID-19 are your underperformers flying under the radar? The cost to a firm is not only to the bottom line, but to your reputation as a leader.

Features

Technology Investments for Law Firms Moving Forward Post-COVID Image

Technology Investments for Law Firms Moving Forward Post-COVID

Christopher Zegers

We're never going back the way we were — and this will be to the benefit of firms, profitability, clients and lawyers if we make the right technology investments. Here's some specific ways firms can capture these benefits.

Features

The SECURE and CARES Acts Change Required Minimum Distributions Image

The SECURE and CARES Acts Change Required Minimum Distributions

Sidney Kess

A key aspect of saving for retirement through qualified retirement plans and IRAs is deferring taxes until required minimum distributions (RMD) begin. Even with Roth IRAs, beneficiaries who inherit them must also follow RMD rules despite the tax-free treatment of the distributions. The SECURE Act and the CARES Act made dramatic changes in RMD rules for 2020 and beyond.

Features

Buying In to the ALSP Market Image

Buying In to the ALSP Market

Dan Packel

Some Firms Are Forming Subsidiaries to Deliver Legal Services In New Ways Buyers have a broader slate of options in 2020 than ever before, whether that means handling more work in-house, hiring temporary lawyers during a crunch, or turning to a recently launched "alternative provider" to address the massive pile of contracts they need to manage.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES