Posts by Ali Katz
The Top 3 Metrics You Need to Measure for Law Firm Success
Are you measuring the right metrics for success? If your law firm isn’t growing as fast as you had hoped, you may think working harder and doing more is the answer. As you fight to keep your practice afloat or push to that next growth milestone, it’s easy to fall into the trap of not…
Read MoreThe Best Law Practice Area for Making a Difference & Earning a Great Living
Why traditional estate planning just doesn’t cut it Do you ever feel like you’re in a race to the bottom, competing with “Cheap Legal” services from DIY options to the discount lawyer down the street? You know you need to charge more to grow your practice, but you worry you can’t get clients to pay…
Read MoreHow to Become the Go-To Lawyer in Your Community
Never worry again about where your next client is coming from. Are you spending more time chasing clients than actually serving them? If you feel like you’re stuck on the cash flow roller coaster, constantly worried, constantly wondering where your next client is coming from or when your current clients will actually pay you, you’re…
Read MoreHow to Price & Package Your Legal Services
It’s a common belief that becoming a lawyer is a guaranteed ticket to financial security. But the reality is that most lawyers that run their own practice aren’t even clearing 100k a year in take home pay. Maybe you pursued a career in law because you wanted to do good in the world while also…
Read MoreHow to Transform Your Practice With Goal-based Time Management
The key to creating a law practice and life you love is to stop thinking like a lawyer and start thinking like a business owner instead. If you’re anything like most lawyers, your days probably look like this… You’re sitting at your desk, trying not to spill your coffee on the growing stack of files…
Read MoreChange Through Better Time Management
Utilizing Your Time to Create a Better Practice and Life Work, Work, Work Busyness is a commonly accepted hazard of the modern-day lawyer. Law school both prepares and subtly reinforces the narrative that enough busyness eventually translates to productivity, success, and wealth. And law students regularly buy into that narrative, willingly sacrificing their current relationships,…
Read MoreConsidering Leaving the Law for Work Life Balance?
Life as a lawyer often comes with stress, long hours, missing time with family, and chasing billable hours and invoices. Additionally, this traditional model of practicing law can leave you feeling as if you have to choose between building your bank account and building a law practice that brings you true fulfillment. Finding the balance…
Read MoreMoney Math: How to Earn What You’re Worth As a Lawyer
3 NLBM Tips For Increasing Revenue On A Monthly Basis Law school didn’t teach you how to run your own business, especially the essentials like how to structure your time and your legal fees so you can earn a great living and deliver a fulfilling service without having to sacrifice time with your family. Here…
Read MoreHow A No-Nonsense Lawyer Built an Inspiring and Lucrative Practice with NLBM
Striking Out On Her Own When Erica Endyke started her own practice back in 2018, she’d be the first to tell you that despite her training and hopeful aspirations, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. “I think I was just throwing spaghetti against the wall and seeing what stuck. It was really ‘I don’t know what…
Read MoreLawyer Mentors Blog – The Mentoring Way
THE MENTORING WAY How NLBM Mentors Help Member Lawyers Build the Practice and Life They Deserve HOW NLBM PREPARES MEMBERS An adage you often hear is “the best way to learn anything is by doing.” When it comes to starting a new career as an Estate Planning lawyer through NLBM, we can say that adage…
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