Billable Hour Dying So Slowly, You’d Think It’s Billing By The Hour
Death, taxes, and the impending demise of the billable hour. Every year, we hear about killing the billable hour and every year, it lives...
The Leaky Faucet – Where did all those hours go?
Most attorneys know the feeling all too well. They feel constantly busy – emails, meetings, phone calls, messages and travelling. But at the end...
Legal Billing Rule #5: Don’t Cause Problems For Your Client & Screw Up Her...
When your bills come in on-time and on-budget, your client is more likely to automatically pay them without thinking twice.
If your client...
AI won’t kill the billable hour in the legal world — it’ll just reinvent...
• Generative AI is transforming the legal industry, but attorneys say the billable hour is here to stay.
• Instead, they...
Legal Billing Rule #14: Rolling Out Changes and Letting Your Clients Know
Let your clients know in-person when you are making a change to your billing practices.
Part of the billing process is good communication....
Lawyers told to reconsider hourly fees
Customers are pushing accountants and lawyers to move away from "billable hours" if they want to stay relevant in 2030, as a shift in...
How Bad is Your Legal Billing Problem?
Over the past six years we’ve worked with thousands of law firms. These firms vary widely in terms of size, practice area, and geographic...
Legal Billing Rule #2: Clients Won’t Pay a Bill Unless They Receive One
The following post is an excerpt from our free e-book, Ridiculously Remarkable Legal Billing. Better billing practices improve your law firm and your life....
Companies want lawyers to kill the billable hour
Company lawyers are increasingly innovating and want law firms to kill outdated time-based billing models, according to an extensive biennial survey highlighting the pressures of a "buyer's market" forcing firms to change. The...
How Legal Billing Practices Can Differentiate Your Firm
Time and billing is, conceptually, the direct conduit between the legal work being performed and the client. As such, the time and billing function...
Legal Billing Rule #11: Get a Bill Buddy
Working with someone else will keep you accountable and help get your invoicing done on-time and regularly.
A lot of changes in life...
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There is a gap. The gap is big and it is growing. This gap affects us daily and it needs to be addressed. We...
