Law firm finance is the focus of the focus of the November/December 2015 issue of Law Practice Magazine. The cover story is the Seven Deadly Sins of Succession Planning by Peter A. Giuliani. Succession planning is a crucial topic for law firm administration. 
How is Your Law Practice Going to Change?
We all recognize change is inevitable. Technology advancements have increased the pace of change.
In my recent column How is Your Law Practice Going to Change? I share a few thoughts on how the delivery of legal services is changing in ways that most lawyers would have never anticipated just a few 
years ago. From
‘Paperless’ Office Doesn’t Really Mean Paperless, But It Does Mean New Processes and Procedures
“Let’s just go paperless. We can free up all that space in the file room and quit paying so much for outside file storage.”
“What a great idea! We’ve already got those big, expensive printer-scanner-document senders in the hallways on every floor. So, let’s send out a memo! Effective Monday, we’re going paperless. We’re going
Office Sharing: The Promise and the Pitfalls
Today’s feature at Attorney@Work is Five Things to Look for in Shared Office Space. The piece was written by a real state professional and I enjoyed reading it. But I would hate for a lawyer to use this article as their sole guide in their search for shared office space as it omits any
Opening a Modern Law Office: Coping with Today’s Rapidly Changing Law Firm Business Model
Opening a law office is a very different operation today than a few decades ago. In my feature Opening a Modern Law Office: Coping with Today’s Rapidly Changing Law Firm Business Model, I contrast several of the differences between those days and today. A new lawyer having an experienced lawyer to guide them is a
Your Document Czar and Other Big Ideas
The Annual Big Ideas issue of Law Practice Magazine is out. Topics include the inevitability of cloud computing, the Uberization of law, whether our ethical rules stifle innovation, crafting a proper partnership agreement and much more. You can read the articles from the July/August 2015 Law Practice Magazine for free online, but as
Your Statement for Legal Services is Enclosed
Statements for legal services are a critical part of law office operations, yet often insufficient attention is given to the appearance and formatting of legal billing. Bills are an important communication with clients that can impact the clients’ view of the law firm and its lawyers.
In my column Your Statement for Legal Services is
Those Hated Timesheets- Are You Still Using Them?
Most lawyers hate filling out timesheets to record their billable time. Lawyers are also not perfect at 
accomplishing this, leading every company with a time and billing product to tout how much money can be made if only every bit of “lost” time was recorded. But the practice of recording time by hand on paper
Practice Management Shootout at the OK BAR
There won’t be guns blazing or blazing saddles, but there is going to be a shootout at the OBA Solo and Small Firm Conference on June 19, 2015. We are excited to be hosting Practice Management Shootout at the OK BAR, featuring six of the top practice management solutions for lawyers.
I believe it
The Value Add
One way to improve your client’s experience with your law practice and indirectly help with marketing is to 
determine how you can provide added value to the client in a way that doesn’t use the lawyer’s billable time. This does NOT mean a refrigerator magnet with the law firm’s phone number and website.
How to