What does a hit movie starring Brad Pitt have to do with how you run your law practice?

Plenty.

Because just like Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane used data analysis to revolutionize the way baseball is played, you can take the same approach to learn how your firm operates—and grow it to its best possible potential.

In just a few years, presenter Chris Anderson was able to take his practice to new levels of profitability and client service using the powerful, proven techniques he’ll cover in this informative webinar, including:

• What metrics to watch at your firm
• Developing your own roadmap to success
• When firing clients makes good business sense
• How to make sure you’re on the right path
• And more!

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About the presenter:

Christopher Anderson, JD

Mr. Anderson is a licensed attorney and product manager for LexisNexis® who frequently speaks on how technology can benefit the legal industry.

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Summary: 

Recent studies show more than 75% of consumers in crisis—with a failing business, cheating spouse, or troubled family member—are turning to the Internet for answers to their legal issues.

Search engines, websites, YouTube™, Facebook® and other tools are helping them connect with attorneys that can solve their problems.

Can they find you?

About the presenters:

Jason Weingarten
LexisNexis® Law Firm Marketing Solutions
Product Manager

Clay Cazier
PM Digital
Sr. Director, Search Strategy

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But all too often, the day ends with unfinished tasks, unreturned phone calls, hours of work left, and a question: Where did the time go? 

If you’ve ever wished you could start the day over—or at least find one more hour to get caught up on the things that matter most to you and your clients—then you want to watch this on-demand webinar.

This webinar requires the form below to filled out in order to view the webinar and to access the whitepaper “MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 TIPS/TRICKS FOR LAWYERS BY JAMES PROVINCE, J.D.”.

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If you’re like most attorneys, you have your own “system” of document management, ranging from a manual process to some form of adapted electronic software.

But is it really the best solution for you—and do you know its real cost?

According to legal consultant and author Ann Guinn, the average attorney wastes up to 180 hours a year looking for documents. That’s nearly five weeks of wasted work time.

Time that could have been better spent on better things—like growing your practice, or engaging in more billable activities.

Enough is enough.

This informative webinar will show your how to take charge of your documents once and for all by covering:

• Document profiling: What it is, and why your firm should adopt a standard protocol
• Real-world examples of how law firms most commonly file documents
• Best practices for centralized document location & storage
• Technology solutions to help any attorney at any level organize and store documents
• The proven three-to-five steps you can take right away to improve the way you store, search for, and retrieve documents
• And more!

Stop spending time looking for the documents you need. Sign up now and get back those wasted hours!

View the recorded webinar here.

And get the accompanying slides here.

BONUS: Download the Essentials of Document Management Whitepaper (Free)

About the speaker:

Jeff S. Krause is a Wisconsin attorney and is the owner and founder of Krause Practice Management, LLC, which provides technology advice and service to law firms of all sizes.

Since 1998, he & his team have assisted hundreds of law firms through custom configurations, training and general support of document management, e-mail systems, litigation support, time and billing, web marketing and office suite applications.

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Presented 6/12/12.

Let’s face it, there are many distractions and interruptions that can easily prevent you from recording your work.

Luckily, there are many tools designed to track your daily activities, and what you might learn is not all of your time is spent billable, or that you are not recording a large amount of billable time. But in addition to tools, there is a necessity to learn where your non-billable time is going and making adjustments by adopting record keeping best practices and changing a few office protocols.

Small changes can minimize the gap of hours worked and not billed, impacting how effectively you utilize your staff, leverage technology and spend your time in the office.

This webinar covered:
• ABA model rule on professional responsibilities for record keeping and accurately accounting for client work;
• Share a variety of technology tools available that can help bridge the gap in capturing more billable hours
o Web based
o Embedded in practice management / billing applications
o Mobile apps
• Best practices for record keeping;
• Changing office processes to maximize revenue.

In the end, the goal is to more effectively manage your time, so you can maximize your time in the office and impact the profitability of your firm.

Watch the full presentation here.

And get the accompanying slides here.

About the presenter:

Steven J. Best is an attorney as well as a certified law office software consultant. With an educational background in law, accounting and economics, Steve consults with law firms throughout the United States on law office software as well as sophisticated practice management issues.  Steve is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A.) and Emory University School of Law (J.D.).  He is a member of the Florida and Georgia Bars and is also a certified consultant/trainer, maintaining certifications in many of the leading practice management, billing and accounting and document management software.

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Data disaster can strike anywhere, and at any time. Whether it’s in the form of a natural disaster, a localized network or hard-drive failure, or a data corruption issue, having a rock-solid data backup plan is essential to continuing your law practice—and safeguarding your firm’s and your client’s data.

Unfortunately, developing a disaster recovery plan doesn’t make it to a priority list for many until an actual disaster occur. According to a 2011 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, it showed that more than 43 percent of respondents had suffered a hard drive failure, versus 16 percent who’d gone through a man-made or natural disaster.

A disaster includes more than temporarily losing access to your firm’s critical data, it usually comes with losing valuable time, not only for the time you spend working on recovering your data, but lost billable hours and depending on what you actually recover, you might be missing days or weeks of lost billable time. The most important first step in forming any data disaster plan is to know what you need.

In this webinar, you will learn:
• How to self-evaluate your firm’s situation
• Know what records are important to retain
• Understand what your options are for backing up your data
• How to develop a disaster recovery plan
• Why it is important for a business continuity plan
• Testing your plan

Scott Willette, LexisNexis® Vice President of Global Product Development, notes that: “The goal of any firm should be to prepare well enough to avoid a data disaster by making it merely an event versus an actual disaster.”

The presenter:

Christopher Anderson
Product Manager for LexisNexis Firm Manager™, LexisNexis®

BONUS: Disaster Preparedness Checklist

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Nearly 11.5 million veterans over 65 who served during past conflicts are eligible to apply for VA pensions or benefits—as are thousands recently discharged from duties in Iraq & Afghanistan. But sadly, fewer than five percent of these brave men and women currently receive the benefits they’ve earned. And some aren’t even aware they’re entitled to them.

Veterans need competent representation to help with VA Compensation claims and appeals, and there are currently not enough accredited attorneys to serve them. Learn from one of the nation’s leading experts how you can get VA certified.

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About the presenter:

Since 1994, Mary Markovich, JD, MBA, has specialized in live training, webinars and CLE seminars that teach lawyers, CPAs and other professionals what it takes to get VA certification.

She’s endorsed by both the N.C. State Bar and the VA, and also offers a two-day boot camp that teaches attorneys all aspects of VA Law. She is currently writing a book to teach fellow attorneys about the VA Pension.

Ms. Markovich is a licensed North Carolina Attorney with offices in Raleigh, Greenville, and New Bern. Her firm provides a broad range of legal and law-related services for veterans, retirees, persons with disabilities, and their families.

Ms. Markovich has a BS in Accounting from Mt. Olive College, a JD from North Carolina Central University, and an MBA, with concentrations in Finance and Decision Sciences, from East Carolina University.

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