WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 (DAY 1)
Hour 1 - Building your idea
- Where do you start?
- What type of firm is best suited to your skills and resources?
- Where should you be spending your time to grow your firm?
Hour 2 - How healthy is your firm Pt 1
- Your Profit & Loss Statement
- What are industry standards?
- What should you be looking for?
- How to do a profit center analysis?
- What should attorneys be producing?
- Attorney Compensation Plans
Hour 3 - How healthy is your firm Pt 2
- How to know if you are getting the best value on your best cases
- Where are the best opportunities to grow your firm?
- How to find weak spots and bottlenecks at your firm and how to fix them.
- How to measure your marketing effectiveness
Hour 4 - Low-hanging fruit to increase profitability
- The first two things we do to improve firm efficiency in the first 3 months.
- How to apply these concepts at your firm immediately
Hour 5 - Increasing your average fee
- Three things you can implement to increase your average fee.
Hour 6 - The 10 key reports you'll use
- Don't need 1000 reports, you need these 10
- How to get them from your case management platform.
- When and how to use them.
THURSDAY, JUNE 6 (DAY 2)
Hour 1 - Core disciplines that pay off
- Three simple disicplines that will improve your case handling.
- The best way to stay in communication with your clients How to keep files moving forward
- How to coach your attorneys and support team on best practices
Hour 2 - Big case file reviews
- Proven process for how to review your best cases on a consistent basis to make sure you are maximizing value.
- Checklist of what to cover during these meetings.
- How to coach your attorneys and support team on these cases.
Hour 3 - Depositions: Getting the most out of them as a firm
- How to systematically get your team prepared for all depositions How to coach your attorneys on taking and defending depositions
- Reports you need to keep these processes in place
Hour 4 - Culture, team, and execution
- How do you create a great culture at your firm?
- How do you create a team that is able to execute on core initiatives
- What are key positions that you need to fill in order to create a great firm?
- What key meetings keep it all together?
- Creating processes that stick
- Create systematic accountability
Hour 5 - Core marketing concepts to generate more cases
- What is right for your firm?
- What kind of budget should you have?
- What has the biggest payoff?
- How do you track your dollars spent?
Hour 6 - Q&A session
- Review topics submitted by attendees prior to conference.
- Review questions raised based on content.