You break into a cold sweat. Your mouth goes dry. Your cheeks flush bright red. You'd give your right arm for any sort of distraction, anything to let you off the hook. Rewind 30 seconds - what just happened? The client sitting in front of you just...
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Ever heard the challenge to "be a thermostat, not a thermometer"? I love that one from Dr. King, and the empowerment and agency that come with it. It challenges us to set - and maintain - the temperature, not just report on or be in...
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I remember the first time I learned that lawyers bill in six-minute increments for things like reading and responding to email, faxing a document (the millennial in me is appalled!), and leaving a voicemail. I'd never before thought about how long it takes me to...
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When we talk about the magic of breaking up with the billable hour, one of the first objections we get from other lawyers goes something like this: “I tried flat fees, and I lost big time – I’d have made more billing by the hour.” Those lawyers...
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Measuring productivity based on hours has been a longstanding (and unfortunate) default in the law. Hear a quick summary from our founders about why the hourly model doesn’t make sense, and the solution we built to fix it. ...
Read MoreIf you’re a lawyer billing by the hour, and you know in your gut that the way you’re working isn’t working, we’re here to tell you there is a better way. ...
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