The Law Firm Revolution by Barbara Mannino

Lawyers, particularly those in small or solo firms, often get used to spending too much time taking on commoditized, administrative tasks beyond the high-level legal work that they were educated to do. While this work is important, it interferes with the time and focus attorneys require to resolve a case. In short, lawyers who perform like this are not working smart. Inefficiencies lead to backlogs, missed deadlines, and gaps in the work; clients are unhappy, employees disgruntled, and lawyers overwhelmed. Clelia Pergola and Barbara Mannino understand the undue stress this creates in the workplace and how this stress spills over into the home. Through their research and experience they have identified the many ways that technology and innovative ideas are providing phenomenal aids to help attorneys improve practice management and make workdays more productive. They have covered everything from the soft skills that develop the vision, mission and values that become the cornerstones of a firms everyday operations to team-building, delegation, communication, process development technological competence and the ability to manage mistakes and course correct. In The Law Firm Revolution, they have told a comprehensive story to help lawyers, individuals managing a firm or staff members who want to make a difference how to enrich a firms culture, enhance its practice management, facilitate its growth and further the professional development and reputations of a firms lawyers and the indispensable people who work with them.