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Practical and insightful articles related to law firm financial management. Learn to produce sustainable financial freedom from law firm-specific financial insights and strategies.

Law Firm KPI Framework: Tracking Client Development

If there’s one missing link that keeps most law firms from accomplishing their goals, it’s tracking KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). That’s why Silver Peaks Accounting uses a framework of KPIs with...

3 things you MUST review when you get your law firm’s financial statements

Ok, so you’re working with an accountant and you’ve just gotten your monthly financial statements. What do you do?  Do you scour them for hours looking for hidden information?  Do you just...

Get 90 Days Closer to Your Goals in Business and in Life

In life and in business, it’s so important to have goals. You always want to be moving forward and growing, and the only way to make that happen is to set clear, achievable goals so you know where...

Can Your Law Firm’s Billing Process Help You Make More Money?

The numbers are in.  Study after study has shown that one problem keeps topping the charts and plaguing law firms: collections. Now, when I say “collections,” I’m not talking about shakedown...

“What the heck is the difference between a budget and a forecast?”

If you’ve heard people throwing these terms around, you may be wondering what the difference is and if you need one or both.  One of these things is not like the other A budget and a forecast are...

Could this one number equal a huge increase in profitable revenue for you? (these are the numbers most people don’t think about)

If you know me, you know how much I love to talk about financials. I am a CPA, after all, and it’s my job to love those numbers. But there’s another number in the Clio Legal Trends Survey that could...

Is your law firm losing $1,570/day in revenue?

What would you do if you found out someone was stealing $1500 from your firm every day? What if you discovered that an employee was embezzling $1500 from your firm every single day?  Contracts...

Your Firm is probably earning more than you realize. here’s why…

Going into a new year, everyone has big goals and big dreams. You want to increase your profits but that can be a scary proposition and it can feel unachievable. Where do you even start? ...

3 Mistakes that are reducing your law firm profits

Although non-lawyers like to think that attorneys swim in pools of cash, most law firms’ profits aren’t nearly as high as they should be. Sometimes, it’s a major failure causing the problem. In many...