Darryl Mountain, who is a member of the eLawyering task force of the American Bar Association, wrote a thoughtful article about the barriers that exist in opening and operating a virtual law practice. In the title I ask, “Can We Break Down the Barriers to Virtual Law Practice?’ Perhaps we might be asking, “Do we want to?”
Kevin Hochin at www.lawyerist.com wrote an interesting article that should be read by every lawyer who wants to be set free from the tyranny of hourly billing.
Say what?
Isn’t hourly billing the best deal going? Just calculate the hours, multiply the rate, then send the bill. Right?
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I hate McDonalds but love what their systems can teach me about building a successful law practice. Here are six “must have” systems for every lawyer.
Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr. and William Lee, both veteran lawyers by anybodys measure suggest that now is the time to look at moving toward “fixed fees” for some but not necessarily all legal matters. Of course, we know that attorneys got into the hourly fee game because years ago in a effort to track costs of delivery of services attorneys began tracking hours. From then on, the genie was out of the box, seemingly never to be put back in again.
I hear a lot of talk bout how to improve customer service. In fact there are books and books written about the topic. Unfortunately most of us don’t have the time or inclination to read another book about customer service. So, I thought I’d distill lots of pages into just three steps.