January 24, 2023

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Your KPI Report Is Only as Good as Your Data

When Good Attorneys Leave: What the Data Could Have Told You

Collection Rates and Cash Flow: The KPI Pairing Every Firm Needs

What Gets Measured Gets Rewarded: Attorney Performance and KPI Reporting

AR Aging and Utilization Rates: Where Law Firm Profitability Is Really Made

When Is It Time to Consider a Law Firm Dissolution?

Law firm dissolutions happen for a variety of reasons. They are not always linked to the firm’s poor economic health or failed management. But the end of a law firm (or of certain partnerships or affiliations) marks a critical time for law firm owners and their clients and must be handled with the utmost care.

ABA Ethics Opinion 517: New ABA Ethics Opinion Clarifies Jury Selection Obligations for Lawyers

The American Bar Association has issued Formal Opinion 517, shedding important light on how Model Rule 8.4(g) applies to peremptory jury strikes. The opinion reinforces that lawyers may not use peremptory challenges to unlawfully discriminate during jury selection, even unintentionally. California’s Rule 8.4.1 is closely aligned with Model Rule 8.4(g), so the opinion also provides […]

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