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Top Shelf: How to Maximize Lawyer Staff in a Modern Law Firm

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Broadly speaking, lawyers take on too much. But, the fact is that this also has a direct effect on how much a lawyer can make. Hear me out: Because lawyers try to do everything, and to do everything perfectly, they’re also more prone than the general population to take on more work than they need to. You know how it is.

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Trading Up: Law Firms Can Now Have Brand Names, But Should They?

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Now, this wasn’t always a thing; but, as of now: law firms in any jurisdiction of the United States can utilize ‘trade names’. What that effectively means is that, so long as you don’t choose a name that’s misleading, you can select a brand name for your law. Unless your law firm is winding up; then, don’t waste your time.

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Regular Show: Client Maintenance Plans Are Picking Up Steam with Law Firms

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As law firms (slowly) try to dig out from under the hourly billing model (trap?), It’s kind of like a legal insurance policy, and it allows law firms to acquire recurring revenue. For estate planning attorney s , that c ould include access to lawyers, updates to estate plans and document libraries.

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Week Sauce: More Regular Law Firm Billing May Be To Your Clients' Liking

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Most lawyers who are billing hourly (which are still most lawyers) – and, even those who aren’t – continue to slavishly send out invoices at the beginning of every month, covering the fees accrued by clients for the prior month. That’s why some law firms are experimenting with more regular billing models.

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That's Refreshing: When Did You Last Revise Your Law Firm Templates?

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It’s hard enough running a law firm, without having to schedule time and effort to revise the templates you use in your law practice. So, most lawyers don’t take the time to do it at all. If you want to talk about better refining your law firm processes, you know who to call.

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Chicken & Egg: Do Law Firms Need Clients or Talent More Right Now?

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I was talking to a friend of mine, who runs a highly successful law firm, the other day. And, he told me ‘clients aren’t the problem, I need to hire good lawyers’. To get started, visit Red Cave's NCBA landing page , and start running your law practice like a business.

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Site Map: 4 Options for Designing a Law Firm Website

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Law firms have quite a few options for getting their first, or a revised, website built (rebuilt). Sounds weird, I know – but, this relates back to a big problem that attorneys have: that they can’t seem to let go of doing everything, because lawyers feel like they’re the best at everything. They can design the best websites.