Tag: Legal Accounting

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Law Firm Operations

Ask the Experts: How Was the Legal Industry Transformed in 2020?

It’s safe to say that 2020 threw us all a curveball. Despite the hardships this year brought, the legal industry rose to the challenge, adapting operations and offering new services to help clients through these unprecedented times. We asked CARET Legal partners to share some of the trends they witnessed

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Billing, Payments & Accounting

Controlling Receivables

Controlling receivables directly affects a firm’s financial health. Therefore, it is imperative that a law firm has an organized and detailed method for collecting client payments in a timely manner.

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Matter Management

Stuck in Neutral: Five Reasons Firms Fail to Scale

Has your firm’s growth stalled? Are you struggling to scale your operations or your team?

It’s often hard to pinpoint one reason why a firm seems to be stuck in neutral, cruising along but not accelerating. The cause is often a combination of things ranging from ineffective teams and poor processes

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Matter Management

Year-End Needs a Fresh Start

It may not feel like it, but the end of the year is fast approaching! Between running reports for shareholders, generating 1099s for every vendor, and figuring out employee bonuses, there can be a lot to deal with and you don’t want to be scrambling to do it all at

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Law Firm Operations

Keeping Employees, Business Partners and Clients Honest

As more and more companies are implementing remote and hybrid work models, firms should review the checks and balances established in their internal procedures. Management has an obligation to administer relevant internal policies that will maintain the firm’s financial and professional integrity.

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Reporting & Analytics

Three-Way Trust Reconciliation Explained

Whether your state calls it an “IOLTA account” or an “ILTA account,” attorneys are responsible for any trust/escrow/IOLTA funds. Most bar associations require a three-way reconciliation of the IOLTA account. Depending on the software you use for managing your firm’s trust funds, this could be as simple as pressing a

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Law Firm Operations

Security Key to Attract and Retain Clients

Due to current events, remote work has now become routine. In this new environment, many law firms have not adequately considered how to attract and retain their clients. One issue that should be of concern to every practice is cybersecurity—law firms are second only to financial institutions in being targeted

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