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Lockup: A New Metric to Monitor Law Firm Cash Flow

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2023 Legal Trends Report introduces a new metric for monitoring your firm's cash flow. The post Lockup: A New Metric to Monitor Law Firm Cash Flow appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Trust Fall: Law Firms Should Farm Out More Functions

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And yet, this remains a difficult thing for law firms to do. Attorneys, highly competent and resourceful, usually feel like they can do everything better than anyone else can. Don’t like finances? Hire a bookkeeper, or a bookkeeping firm. And, it often starts with individual lawyers. Hire an HR director.

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Should Your Law Firm Have a Director of Financial Wellness?

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Renee Pastor | The burden of student loans, other financial obligations and lifestyle creep, can lead to significant stress among attorneys. The post Should Your Law Firm Have a Director of Financial Wellness? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Funding Growth: Are You Starving Your Law Firm?

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Instead of starving your firm by pulling out all the profits, continue funding growth — and accelerating profits — by feeding your firm’s war chest. It’s hard to start a law firm. We call this starving the firm. Maybe you: Financed the firm on personal credit cards. Hiring a great attorney.

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Opportunity in Crisis: Innovative Ways Law Firms Are Stepping Up Client Relationships

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How have law firms supported their clients during the COVID-19 pandemic? A dozen business development professionals talk about the innovative ways their firms have strengthened relationships and created deeper ties. And law firms that resist the impetus for change will risk failure. Anticipating Changing Needs.

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Law Practice Today Review: Finance

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The American Bar Association’s Law Practice Division publishes a monthly webzine, Law Practice Today , covering the latest topics in law practice management. August’s edition focused on finance, with technology topics ranging from processing payments to virtual depositions.

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How Modern Law Firms Can Reduce Accounts Receivable

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If you’re stuck with high law firm AR, a change of strategy could be past due. There’s no question that many law firms struggle to whittle away at their accounts receivable (AR), the outstanding amount that has been invoiced and not paid.

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