Adjusting the Numbers:

The Future of Finance in Law Firms

Author(s): James D Cotterman, Stuart Dodds, Tim Corcoran, Mary Juetten, Richard Brzakala, Louis Young, Andrew O'Connor, Andy Poole

Adjusting the Numbers: The Future of Finance in Law Firms looks back at a year like no other in our lifetimes, highlighting pricing, budgeting, strategic planning and people management principles, and identifying good compensation practices that can be applied during the pandemic, its gradual cessation, and beyond. 

Publication date: Mar 2021
ISBN: 9781783584048
Length: 79 pages
Price: £142.00

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Blockchain and the Legal Profession


Author(s): Lewis Cohen, Priyanka Desai, David Fisher, Joanne Frears, Alvin Lam, Robert Millard, Vijay Rathour, John Sheridan, Krzysztof Wojdyło, Tyler Woods

An in-depth look at the impact Blockchain will have on the legal profession, both in terms of how processes will change in the future, and the legal issues that lawyers will have to become aware of in an increasingly digital era.

Publication date: Jun 2018
ISBN: 9781783583386
Length: 118 pages
Price: £199.00

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Budgeting and Negotiating Fees with Clients:

A Lawyer's Guide

Author(s): Sally Dyson

A must-have handbook with advice, tips, and tactics for negotiating client fees, with guidance on how to handle fee challenges on both an operational and a strategic level.

 

Publication date: Sep 2012
ISBN: 9781907787935
Length: 127 pages
Price: £68.86

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Compensation Innovation

An In-depth Exploration into the Future of Law Firm Compensation

Author(s): Timothy B. Corcoran, August Aquila, John Chisholm, Paul Lippe, Dan O’Day, Rebecca Holdredge, Arthur G. Greene, Simon Nash, Benjamin Viney, Polina Pavlova, Nina Gray

Thorough and practical advice that will enable firms of all sizes to develop fit-for-purpose compensation systems that can be effectively managed to drive the right behaviors and, in turn, financial success.

Publication date: Mar 2018
ISBN: 9781783583188
Length: 100 pages
Price: £199.00

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Emerging Approaches to Law Firm Profitability


Author(s): Stuart Dodds, David J. Parnell, Hélène Russell, Peter Lane Secor, Rupert Hawke, Paige Keith, Manish Khandelwal, Ariela Tannenbaum, Katherine Thomas, Srinivas Vadali, Thomas Van Der Moere, Zev J. Eigen

Emerging Approaches to Law Firm Profitability is the ideal tool to assist with the implementation of innovative business practices, providing essential guidance for those seeking new means of maximizing their firm’s capacity.

Publication date: May 2018
ISBN: 9781783583348
Length: 130 pages
Price: £179.00

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Law Firm Pricing: Strategies, Roles, and Responsibilities


Author(s): Toby Brown, Vincent Cordo, Jr

This report clearly defines the skills and responsibilities of the pricing director and will help law firms to develop strategic pricing.

Publication date: Nov 2013
ISBN: 9781783580958
Length: 80 pages
Price: £141.34

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Partner Remuneration in Law Firms:

A Guide to Reward Structures, Performance Management and Decision-Making

Consulting editor(s): Michael Roch, Internal Consulting and Polina Pavlova, Willis Towers Watson

This practical book, published on behalf of the International Bar Association, is full of real-life examples and addresses a variety of issues to be considered when designing, managing or administering partner remuneration / compensation systems. It will be of interest to managing and senior partners, board members, HR directors and remuneration committee members of local, national and regional law firms alike.

Publication date: Aug 2016
ISBN: 9781911078067
Length: 179 pages
Price: £145.00

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Paying For Residential Care

A Guide For Private Client Practitioners

Author(s): Austin Thornton

Paying For Residential Care: A Guide For Private Client Practitioners is a follow-up to the bestselling Coldrick on Care Home Fees. This book provides both continuity and significant change in this complex subject. 

Publication date: Nov 2017
ISBN: 9781783583089
Length: 608 pages
Price: £345.00

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Practical Innovations in Legal Pricing


Author(s): Timothy B. Corcoran, Richard Burcher, Peter Lane Secor, Michael Roster, Danny Ertel, Vincent Cordo, Andreea Axani, Steven A Lauer

A comprehensive overview of the best practices in innovative pricing functions, ​offering insight into newest effective approaches to pricing that top firms are undertaking. 

Publication date: Jul 2017
ISBN: 9781783582921
Length: 108 pages
Price: £249.00

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Show Me The Math:

The importance of cost estimates when engaging a law firm

Author(s): Richard Brzakala

A one-of-a-kind prescriptive look at the benefits, importance, and the value that cost estimate strategies bring to individual matters, the overall client law firm relationship, and the legal service delivery model. 

Publication date: Jun 2020
ISBN: 9781783583966
Length: 152 pages
Price: £149.00

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Sustainable Profitability in a Disrupted Legal Market


Author(s): Norman Clark, Lisa Walker Johnson

This special report presents practical strategies for law firms to protect and sustain their financial performance and profitability as changing client expectations, advanced technology, and global competitive forces are fundamentally changing the legal services industry. The authors demonstrate how the traditional factors influencing profitability remain valid, but must be adapted to new financial realities. The report focuses not only on what sustainable profitability means, but also how to achieve it in any law firm.

Publication date: Feb 2019
ISBN: 9781787422667
Length: 103 pages
Price: £65.00

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The Future of Profitability Models and Analysis for Law Firms


Author(s): Dwight Floyd, James D Cotterman, Eugenia Frenzel, Timothy B Corcoran, Peter Lane Secor, Ron Paquette, Thomas W Van Der Moere, Eddie Raychaudhuri, Madhav Srinivasan, Jim Foley

This book combines trendspotting, exploratory intelligence with case studies and real-world examples of best practice. 

Publication date: May 2019
ISBN: 9781783583720
Length: 114 pages
Price: £149.00

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The Mechanics of Law Firm Profitability

People, Process, and Technology

Author(s): Toby Brown, Michael Roster, Jack Bostelman, Chris Boyd, Jim Hassett, Wendy Chang, Timothy B. Corcoran, Anthony Davis, Keith Maziarek, David J. Parnell, James G. Perkins, Steven Petrie, Mark Voigtmann, Tom Snavely, Vanessa Savoie

The Mechanics of Law Firm Profitability: People, Process, and Technology examines why a focus on profitability and metrics is reshaping law firm operations and matter management.

Publication date: Nov 2016
ISBN: 9781783582600
Length: 136 pages
Price: £68.86

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