Beckham discussed how her tenure as COO for McAngus, Goudelock & Courie for 15 years helped shape her view
on law firm efficiency and her mission to help law firms manage the ever growing client demand for e-billing.
Not exact matches
For
law firms and
law departments
on a quest for
efficiency through technology and staffing.
They believe that if
law firms did this, the
firms would no longer consider a reduction in hours to be a reduction in productivity;
firms would welcome increased
efficiency and fewer hours because lawyers would be making money based
on client outcome, not lawyer effort.
Dayton, OH — March 26, 2014 — The Dayton Bar Association (www.daybar.org), an organization dedicated to the administration of justice and the public's respect for the
law, and CuroLegal (www.curolegal.com), a practice operations
firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide outsourced practice operations consulting and management to DBA members.
It is my honor this week to talk to Haley Odom Ackerman, a former paralegal turned
law firm consultant focusing
on technology,
efficiency, and practice management.
One of Denmark's leading commercial
law firms has licensed ContractExpress Dealbuilder to drive internal lawyer
efficiency on complex legal document generation.
Vancouver, BC and Dayton, OH — October 17, 2013 — Clio http://www.goclio.com/, the leader in cloud - based practice management tools for the legal industry, and Curo Legal https://curolegal.com, a practice operations
firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they will partner to strengthen opportunities for
firms to better manage and grow their practices.
LPO is not a threat to
law firms, but it is a threat to the way
law firms traditionally have gone about their business because what LPOs bring to the equation is
efficiency, a focus
on process, and a much more streamlined approach to the creation and delivery of legal work.
The program just launched and currently has five CLEs available, which focus
on legal ethics along with tips
on individual productivity and
law firm efficiency.
The Barreau argues that
law firms using the hourly billing method are not serving the interests of the partnership with clients, that the
firms should be doing a better job serving the interests of clients whether those interests lie in the
efficiency of a fixed or flat - fee structure, or the predictability of a fee that's conditional
on outcome or duration.
Portland, OR and Dayton, OH — Dec 2, 2013 — Ruby ® Receptionists http://www.callruby.com/, a leading provider of live virtual receptionist services, and Curo Legal https://curolegal.com, a practice operations
firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they will partner to strengthen opportunities for
firms to better manage their incoming calls.
Efficiency continues to become more and more urgent as competition and client expectations place increasing demands
on law firms, particularly smaller
firms with limited budgets.
On the flip side, law firms can create efficiencies by working with several companies on targeted legal matters, increasing earning potential even with flat fee arrangement
On the flip side,
law firms can create
efficiencies by working with several companies
on targeted legal matters, increasing earning potential even with flat fee arrangement
on targeted legal matters, increasing earning potential even with flat fee arrangements.
KM / JD Consulting LLC renders impartial practice management advice to
law firms on improving
efficiency, increasing profits and reducing risk, emphasizing knowledge strategy.
He's dragged lawyers along
on the path to planned engagements, smart risk taking, and non-hourly fees, and is leading the initiative to make legal project management and process
efficiency core competencies of his
law firm.
Law firms realise that the
efficiencies that come from technology allow them to focus
on high - value work.
We advise
law firms on improving
efficiency, increasing profits and reducing risk through top - down strategic practice management efforts, focusing
on knowledge strategy.
We advise
law firms on improving
efficiency, increasing profits and reducing risk through top - down strategic practice management efforts, emphasizing knowledge strategy initiatives at the practice group level.
A survey released yesterday
on the business of
law and legal technology finds that competition for legal services remains high, demand remains relatively flat, and
law firms are feeling pressure to lower prices and enhance operational
efficiency.
Despite muted activity in pockets of the legal market and the Canadian economy facing tough headwinds, Ontario's top regional
law firms say they've had a solid couple of years thanks to emerging opportunities and their unrelenting focus
on efficiency.
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In its 2017
law firm report «Time for Change», which is based
on the results of a survey carried out among a range of UK and global
law firms, the consultancy business noted that «an increasing number of
firms are viewing technology not just as a means to boost
efficiency, but also as a way to reimagine how legal services are delivered».
Few
law firms have placed much of an emphasis
on operational
efficiency.
Podcast: Play in new window DownloadIt is my honor this week to talk to Haley Odom Ackerman, a former paralegal turned
law firm consultant focusing
on technology,
efficiency, and practice management.
Susskind noted that the pressure
on in - house legal teams is enormous and they will be asking
law firms to consider new
efficiencies in the coming year.
Law firms that have not yet awoken to the need to enhance their efficiency (and, at least as important, their perceived efficiency) in serving corporate clients will find themselves more and more on the outside looking in as work goes to their law firm and other competito
Law firms that have not yet awoken to the need to enhance their
efficiency (and, at least as important, their perceived
efficiency) in serving corporate clients will find themselves more and more
on the outside looking in as work goes to their
law firm and other competito
law firm and other competitors.
Throughout his career, he has trained and consulted with case teams at
law firms and corporations
on search, review and production strategies to maximize speed and
efficiency of document review all while minimizing the costs associated with large scale discovery.
But I believe that this technology will have a massive impact
on the
efficiency and capability of
law firms and legal departments to deliver real value.
Law firms whose economic model is based
on maximizing billable hours rather than
efficiency, who limit (or shrink) the number of partners in order to maximize profits per partner, and who equate «face time» with commitment and loyalty, scoff at younger lawyers as being naïve and unrealistic.
Note: This blog post is based
on a white paper titled
Efficiency is the Future of
Law: the New Role of Modern Comprehensive Case Management Technology in Competitive and Profitable
Law Firms.
Page is resident in San Diego and will focus her efforts
on helping
law firms improve cost recovery and scanning and routing
efficiency and profitability through use of nQueue's products.
For this reason, improving your client intake processes can have a disproportionately positive impact
on your overall
law firm efficiency.
Law firms of all sizes are embracing the cloud, some
on an application - by - application basis others with a «cloud first» approach... More
firms are moving to a «cloud - first» approach and investing in technologies such as analytics, AI, virtualization, mobility solutions and other SaaS applications, turning increased productivity,
efficiency and automation into profits.
LegalShift has broad knowledge of and deep experience with most forms of legal practice and
law firm business operations processes, identifying opportunities and executing
on solutions that increase
efficiency through workflow automation.
I'm also going to skip Poor's discussion of the incredible perception / behavior gap exposed by the recent Altman Weil «
Law Firms in Transition» report (the one where 93 % of law firm leaders say that a focus on practice efficiency is a permanent trend yet only 37 % say they are changing their strategic approach to efficienc
Law Firms in Transition» report (the one where 93 % of
law firm leaders say that a focus on practice efficiency is a permanent trend yet only 37 % say they are changing their strategic approach to efficienc
law firm leaders say that a focus
on practice
efficiency is a permanent trend yet only 37 % say they are changing their strategic approach to
efficiency).
But, if
law firm management truly wants to (a) maximize the
firm's cost savings, (b) achieve long - term operational
efficiencies, (c) remove distractions associated with non-core activities, and thus (d) place a greater focus
on the
firm's core activities, «buy» will always win.
According to the 2014 Altman Weil Chief Legal Officer and
Law Firms in Transition Surveys, many priorities
on both sides relate to the inside - outside counsel relationship — more specifically,
efficiency and effective project management.
The introduction of e-discovery costs may require that
law firms and email vendors join together to capitalize
on inherent
efficiencies to offer electronically stored information discovery services to generate a profit for the
law firm by providing a fixed - fee or hybrid - billing arrangement to the client.
Just as a matter of
efficiency and ensuring all of a
law firm's time is billed for, all time spent
on a matter should be accounted for as a
firm's attorneys are actually putting the work in for that matter.
According to Altman Weil's
Law Firms in Transition 2015 report, 93 percent of all law firm leaders think a focus on practice efficiency is now essenti
Law Firms in Transition 2015 report, 93 percent of all
law firm leaders think a focus on practice efficiency is now essenti
law firm leaders think a focus
on practice
efficiency is now essential.
According to his interview, «there has been an emphasis in recent years
on efficiency and convenience, in terms of outside lawyers» practices, which has led
law firms to allow them to access information almost anywhere.»
As the title suggests, the authors argue that clients are increasingly searching for value and
efficiency at the expense of big
law firms that rely
on their brand alone to attract and retain business at premium rates.
Brett Burney to Speak
on Boosting Mac
Efficiency in Small
Law Firms — December 15, 2016
Hong Kong University
Law School: Keynote Address (Hong Kong, China), November 19, 2013 Beaton Seminars
on the Future of
Law: «
Law Firms of the Future — Client Implications» (Sydney, Australia), November 13, 2013 Beaton Seminars
on the Future of
Law: «
Law Firms of the Future — Client Implications» (Melbourne, Australia), November 12, 2013 8th Annual LawTech Summit & Awards — Noosa, Queensland, Australia, September 13, 2013 Westfield Annual «In Defence of» Keynote Address — Westfield, Ohio, USA, August 13, 2013 Government of Canada: Panel
on Creating
Efficiencies for In - house Lawyers (Ottawa, Canada) April 30, 2013 Georgetown University
Law Centre: The Shrinking Pyramid: Implications for
Law Practice and the Legal Profession (Washington D.C. USA) April 12, 2013 Tucker Ellis Annual Retreat: (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA) February 28, 2013 Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz Annual Retreat: (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) February 20, 2013 Dalhousie University
Law School: (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) February 14, 2013
Law Society of Alberta: (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) January 31, 2013 University of Ottawa
Law School: Keynote Speaker for the Thomas Feeney Annual Memorial Lecture (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), January 9, 2013 University of Ottawa
Law School: (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) January 3 — 23, 2013
Chicago, IL and Dayton, OH — Dec. 11, 2013 — Nextpoint http://www.nextpoint.com/, a leading provider of litigation support services, and Curo Legal https://curolegal.com, a practice operations
firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide cost - efficient, technology - based trial support for
law...
Just as the recent global recession upended conventional wisdom about, say, the immutable
law of nature that residential property values always go up, these
law firms have demonstrated that a
firm can eschew hourly billing and yet grow profitably by focusing
on efficiency, client satisfaction and predictability.
Arrangement benefits clients, hiring attorneys and freelance attorneys Portland, ME and Dayton, OH — March 24, 2014 — Custom Counsel http://customcounsel.com/, a leading provider of freelance attorneys, and Curo Legal https://curolegal.com, a practice operations
firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
law firms, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership...
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firm focused
on creating greater
efficiencies and profitability for
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For
law firms that Kia had longstanding relationships with, it started a dialogue
on how to improve lawyers»
efficiency through training.
Ron regularly publishes articles and blog posts about and speaks
on how to improve
law practice
efficiency and improve
law firm business operations.