Making small firm staffing decisions to grow your practice Law firm entrepreneur, are you trying to do it all? If you have been in independent practice for awhile, adding more people to your team could help you grow. How to make smart small law firm staffing decisions. When to hire When you first launched your [...]
Grow your small law firm with new law practice service offerings When you first launched your independent law practice, you likely focused on a niche practice area. As you begin to grow, adding new law practice service offerings can help you adapt to the market and attract new business. Expand on existing services The simplest [...]
New Year planning for small law firms should begin now You're probably still digesting your turkey dinner, and maybe you're bracing for a busy holiday schedule. With so much going on, it's tempting to save strategy sessions for January, but New Year planning for small law firms should start now. December begins next week, and [...]
As an independent lawyer, you have the freedom to create a new type of law firm If you have a background in Big Law, you might feel pressured to follow a traditional model as you launch your own practice. However, you have the freedom to do something completely different. If you were to create a [...]
What is a growth mode lawyer tribe, anyway? The words "growth mode lawyer tribe" might feel like too much slang for you, but I chose that casual phrase for a reason. As an independent lawyer working on a growth mindset, you can also begin to shed some of the buttoned-up formality that comes with traditional [...]
As you build a small law firm, learn to turn failure into opportunity In our last blog, we took a look at what it means to have a growth mindset in your business. One key component to a growth mindset involves how you approach setbacks along the way. If you learn to turn failure into [...]
A growth mindset for lawyers who run independent firms Too often as business owners, we succumb to living each day in survival mode. We focus on the work at hand, and the most urgent demands, but what about our plans for the future? A growth mindset for lawyers who run their own law firms can [...]
Making the transition from solo practice to partnership In our blog, we talk a lot about seasoned attorneys ready to leave Big Law and start their own firms, but what about the next step? After you have run a successful independent practice for a few years, it could be time transition your solo practice to [...]
Take your independent law practice into the big leagues with these small law firm growth steps If you have been in solo law practice for a few years, or if you want to hit the ground running with a new firm, you need to think about next steps. Small law firm growth is necessary if [...]
