Small Law Firms

Securing Your Practice’s Future: Putting Your Plan into Action

In previous installments in this series, we discussed why setting a strategic plan for your small law firm is a vital part of running a…

Mark Haddad July 31, 2019

Lawyers Can Have Style: Understanding the Hidden Power of Fonts

In a unique article in this month’s Practice Innovations, author Conrad Jacoby examines how the careful use of typographic fonts can enhance — or destroy…

Conrad Jacoby July 30, 2019

Securing Your Practice’s Future: Making a Strategic Plan

In the inaugural post in this series, I argued that creating an effective strategic plan is central to achieving overarching financial health. Long-term business stability…

Mark Haddad June 25, 2019

Forum Magazine: Kellye Moore, of Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, on the Challenges of a Small(er) Law Firm

The difference between large and small law firms cannot be measured merely in head count, office size or the depth of the client book. For…

Gregg Wirth June 10, 2019

A Lucrative Micro-Niche: The AgTech Practice

In our continuing series on lucrative micro-niche practice areas for lawyers, we examined how technology is dramatically changing the face of agriculture and how some…

Patrick J. McKenna June 06, 2019

Securing Your Practice’s Future: Why Law Firm Strategic Planning Matters for Small Law Firms

Despite being generally grouped together, small law firms are of such a diverse nature and character that it is difficult to paint them with a…

Mark Haddad June 04, 2019

The State of (Smaller) Midsize Law Firms

It can be hard to be a midsize law firm. Solos, small law firms, and large law firms all likely share a similar set of…

Jordan Schuetzle May 08, 2019

LMA Annual: Yes Lawyers, It’s OK to Make Mistakes (Sometimes)

ATLANTA — The LMA Annual Conference, held last month, always boasts a large number of sessions on a wide variety of topics; but as is…

Bill Josten May 06, 2019

A Lucrative Micro-Niche: Climate Change Practice (Part 2)

In the first installment in this two-part series, we examined how the issue of climate change has risen to become a potentially lucrative micro-niche practice.…

Patrick J. McKenna May 02, 2019

A Lucrative Micro-Niche: Climate Change Practice (Part 1)

In 2016, the nations of the world created the Paris Agreement, an international call to action in the battle against a rapidly changing climate. The…

Patrick J. McKenna April 24, 2019

Law Firms See M&A Transactions as a Driver for 2019: A Look into the Numbers

In the 2019 Citi-Hildebrant Report, law firm leaders identified Merger & Acquisition (M&A) and Transactional work as the primary driver of practice matters for this year.…

Becky Stander April 16, 2019

Legal Operations: How to Develop a Win/Win Relationship Between In-house Counsel and Law Firms

One of the most significant developments going on today in the legal industry is how the rise of legal operations has pushed in-house law departments…

Nancey Watson April 16, 2019