Author Archive for Andrew Jilson
Andrew Jillson is a founding principal of Hayse LLC, a business advisory firm that provides counsel and strategic alternatives to law firms that face transition. Hayse LLC’s analytical process and experience develops workable solutions for law firms and enables them to emerge from critical change. Learn more at: HayseLLC.com.
Law Firm Differentiation— 5 Essential Attributes
The concentration of law firm financial strength narrows as fewer AmLaw 200 law firms can be counted among the fortunate. As Mark A. Cohen argues in The AmLaw 200 Is Down to 50—Maybe 20. What does It Mean? a fiscal separation among bigger firms has occurred and continues. Cohen concludes that the separation presents challenges […]
5 Keys to an Effective Law Firm Divorce. Being Smart When the Thrill Is Gone
“A discord of personalities” sometimes describes the genesis for marital divorce. It also can be an apt way to explain law firm break-ups when partners decide to go their separate ways. Although law firm break-ups happen regularly, the low level of publicity surrounding most can be due to partners acting rationally even though they can’t […]
Optimizing Your Law Firm’s Financial Health in 2019: Four Areas to Focus Your Spring Cleaning
Fingerprints are unique. No two snowflakes are alike. And each law firm has its own personality. Whether small or large, local, national, or international in scope, general service or specialized boutique, driven by profit or public service, each law firm has its own DNA. Though distinctive, many law firms share common characteristics. One shared by […]
Law Firm Profitability and Client Satisfaction: Using a Pricing Pro to Achieve Both
Law firm leaders understandably see lucrative client work as an important key to overall firm profitability. Left to their own devices, those leaders would eagerly raise rates or otherwise take steps to ratchet up the yield on work. In contrast, their clients often consider the containment of legal costs as a key component to valuable […]
