Outlaw Practice

As the firm grows, it will need to bring in more clients to sustain the additional lawyers. Developing a marketing strategy and building a strong referral network can help with this. What doesn't work: spending $1000s on Google Ads.

How much is software worth? If a piece of software can save you a couple hours a month, and your billing rate is $250/hr, it's worth about $500. But that assumes you have enough paid work available! Outlaw can save you time and help bring in paying clients!

Latest surverys show lawyers average only 2.6 billable hours/day, and only collect on 2! Our stats show attorney-owners lagging their associates due to administrative tasks. The good news: the more sophisticated your software, the more hours you bill and collect! Choose wisely!

When you treat your firm as a business, many decisions become easier. It removes the emotional ties to the work and presents a path to clear thinking. If you find yourself getting worked up, take off your lawyer hat and don your business cap.

For reasons that will remain anonymous, today feels like a great day to talk about the importance of backups and a backup strategy at your firm. Make sure that every last piece of data on you and your employee's computers is stored to a cloud service or backup service. Furthermore, ensure that backup service can handle issues like data encryption attacks (ransomware). Happy Friday!