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Law Firm Operations

The Attorney Billing Cheat Sheet (2024)

Billing clients is a critical aspect of an attorney’s role, not just for the obvious reason of revenue generation, but also for demonstrating the value of their services, ensuring transparency, managing resources effectively, and fulfilling professional obligations. Accurate billing not only ensures attorneys are fairly compensated for their work, but

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Law Firm Operations

Addressing Law Firm Challenges with Legal Practice Management Software

Improving realization rates, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring client satisfaction are all common law firm challenges that can be easily addressed with legal practice management software (LPMS). A LPMS automates many manual processes that hinder a firm’s progress and profitability. By adopting a legal practice management software, your firm can streamline

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Document Management

Getting Started with Law Firm Document Automation Software

Previously, the legal industry was believed to be one of the most labor-intensive professional services, caused by the sheer scale and volume of document generation and the frequent document updates required to maintain accuracy and compliance. The belief that only the most skilled and knowledgeable people in the firm were

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Law Firm Operations

Simplifying Your Law Firm’s Rule of Thirds Calculation

The rule of thirds provides a guideline for law firms to maintain a balanced approach to financial management. It ensures that the firm covers its operating expenses, adequately compensates partners for their work and investment, and retains a portion of profit for future stability and growth.

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Law Firm Operations

Attorney Time Tracking Software Makes Law Firm Accounting Easier

Poor time tracking negatively impacts law firm financials by causing lost billable hours, inaccurate billing, reduced efficiency, incomplete client records, and hindering profitability analysis. Implementing effective time tracking systems and ensuring compliance with accurate recording practices is crucial for maintaining financial health and maximizing revenue for a law firm.

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Top Reasons to Move Your Law Firm Expense Tracking Out of Excel

While Excel is great at data organization and basic calculations, software reporting and analytics tools designed specifically for law firms make it far easier to analyze each case’s profitability while tracking expenses and identifying areas where you can cut costs or improve efficiency. 

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attorney using legal workflow automation
Law Firm Operations

How To Implement Legal Workflow Automation At Your Firm

Implementing legal workflow automation eliminates the time burden of manual task completion and promotes consistency. Task management and tracking become more effective, compliance and risk mitigation are improved, client satisfaction is enhanced through streamlined processes and transparency, and data analysis and reporting provide valuable insights. It brings efficiency, standardization, and

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attorney using legal invoicing software
Billing, Payments & Accounting

Legal Invoice Management for Mid-Sized Law Firms

Legal invoice management is vital for mid-sized law firms to ensure efficient billing, cost control and compliance. By utilizing legal billing software to manage legal invoices, mid-sized law firms can increase client satisfaction, save time and resources, improve data analysis, and simplify dispute resolution. 

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legal process outsourcing
Law Firm Operations

The Best Alternative to Legal Process Outsourcing

Law offices often face the challenge of balancing their workload with optimizing their resources, especially since the volume of cases is always subject to normal ebbs and flows. To address this, many law firms consider legal process outsourcing as a potential solution.

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