Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner VOLUME 30, ISSUE 2, AUTUMN 2024
Content
- Achieving Fiscal Efficiency In a Small Law Office: Navigating Expenses Within Ethical Bounds
- Always Follow the Rule of Three
- California's New Civility Guidelines: Fostering a Courteous Profession
- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & EDITORIAL BOARD
- Financial Planning - An Introduction
- How's the Water Everyone?
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor
- Next Generation Law: How Automation Technology Is Collaborating With Lawyers To Revolutionize the Legal Profession
- Table of Contents
- Ten Ways Law Firms Lose Big Money
TEN WAYS LAW FIRMS LOSE BIG MONEY
Diane Camacho*
As legal managers and legal management consultants, we have worked with over 100 law firms nationwide. We have seen many ways that management decisions have cost firms money. Listed below are ten of these ways. Some may not seem costly, but when associated with lost billable hours, they are. This list is not in any particular order or based on amounts lost.
I. KEEPING UNPRODUCTIVE OR CAUSTIC EMPLOYEES.
Managing Partners tell us: