Are you guilty of this deadly mistake? Like many of your colleagues, do you assume that because you know how to do estate planning work, you automatically also know how to run a successful estate planning firm? The truth is, running a successful law firm requires its own skill set, separate from and in addition to the skills needed to be an exceptional attorney. Skills they don’t teach you in law school. Find Your Why The first step in nailing down this skill set is figuring out your primary … [Read more...] about Smart Lawyer Does Not Equal Successful Law Firm
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Recipe for Disaster!
You’ve managed your practice for long enough to know that there will always be cyclical ups and downs in your revenue and profits. Today, the financial state of many practices unfortunately mirrors that of the economy. One consequence of the current economic slowdown is that attorneys revise their client engagement standards because business is slow. This is a recipe for short term gain and long term pain. What often happens to practitioners in a downturn is that they start to scramble for … [Read more...] about Recipe for Disaster!