Financial tips and tune-ups to improve your firm’s business 
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, alternative billing, billable hour, billing, law firm billing, legal fees
Succeeding as a solo or small firm attorney means being not only a good lawyer, but also a savvy businessperson.
Small firm experiments with alternative fee options
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: alternative billing, billable hour, profile
Former law school roommates Leah Goodman and Sue Wang were on vacation together in Greece when they got to talking about changing up their law practices. After more discussion, the two eventually decided to start their own firm together, one focused on client interaction and fairness and transparency in billing, with a particular emphasis on eliminating the billable hour.
Solo’s switch to flat monthly billing saved his practice
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: alternative billing, practice management, solo practice
For the first time in the six years since he opened his solo practice, Kevin Houchin sleeps through the night.
No more wondering how he’s going to pay the bills. Or if he is falling into the same downward spiral as before the bankruptcy. Or whether his firm will survive another year.
Houchin, whose practice is dedicated to advising creative people on the business side of things, said he owes it all to a gamble he made a year ago to switch from hourly to flat monthly billing.
With money tight, lawyers may cut ethical corners
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 17, 2009
Tags: alternative billing, ethics, recession
The tight economy and scarcity of work is tempting many lawyers to take bigger ethical risks than they would during better times.
