Law Office Economics and Management


Articles Published by John G. Iezzi, CPA, President


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1: "The Auditors Are Coming! The Auditors Are Coming!, Newsletter, Association of Legal Administrators

2: "How Automated Timekeeping Can Be Your Key to Higher Earnings," Manual for Managing the Law Office

3: "How to Analyze Your Investment in Client Services," Manual for Managing the Law Office

4: "Cash Flow Analysis," Law Office Economics and Management

5: "Are You Really Making Money from Associates?" Law Office Economics and Management

6: "Is Timekeeping for You?" Virginia Bar News

7: "You Can Generate More Income for the Firm You Manage," Manual for Managing the Law Office

8: "How to Keep Control Over Firm Assets," Manual for Managing the Law Office

9: "How to Value a Partner's Financial Interest in His Firm," Manual for Managing the Law Office

10: "A Private Phone System May Give You Better Service at a Lower Cost," Manual for Managing the Law Office

11: "How to Develop and Use Departmental Cost Statistics in Your Firm," Manual for Managing the Law Office

12: "Will The Real Administrator Please Stand!" The Legal Administrator

13: "When Do the Dollars Stop?" The Legal Administrator

14: "How to Initiate a Microfilm Program in Your Law Firm," Manual for Managing the Law Office

15: "The Changing Role of the Legal Secretary in the 1980's," The Witness, Richmond Legal Secretaries Association

16: "The Effect of Volume and Price on the Sale of Legal Services," The Legal Administrator

17: Contributor, Webster's Legal Secretaries Handbook, G & C Merriam Company, 1981. (Not available in reprint form).

18: "The Branch Office Syndrome," The National Law Journal

19: "Financial Management Review Benefits Firms," Legal Times of Washington

20: "McGuire, Woods & Battle Takes Unique Approach to Setting Billing Rates," Of Counsel

21: "Computerized Financial Modeling in the Law Firm," Manual for Managing the Law Office (Not available in reprint form)

22: "The Administrator's Role," The National Law Journal

23: "New Partners: What Do They Cost?" Law Office Management and Administration Report

24: "Turnover: A Barometer for Law Office Profitability," Law Office Management and Administration Report

25: "Electronic Voice Mail: An Alternative Worth Considering," Law Office Management and Administration Report

26: "Cost Accounting in Law Offices: Can You Do It? Is It Worth It?" Law Office Management and Administration Report

27: "Partner Compensation: A Different Approach," Legal Economics

28: "Where to Get the Capital: A Partnership Dilemma," Law Office Management and Administration Report

29: "Associate Leverage: Fact or Fiction?" Law Office Management and Administration Report

30: "Associate Leverage: A Postscript," Law Office Management and Administration Report

31: "Taking the Guesswork Out of Support Staff Compensation," Law Office Management and Administration Report

32: "Cost Accounting in the Law Firm," Law Office Management and Administration Report

33: "A Case Against Chargebacks," Law Office Management and Administration Report

34: "What Every Administrator Should Know About Office Leases," The Legal Administrator

35: "Cost Cutting Not An Answer to Associate Salary Increases," Law Office Management and Administration Report

36: "Partner's Compensation: It's the Relationships That Count," Law Office Management and Administration Report

37: "Expense Ratios: Often Misleading and Misunderstood," Law Office Management and Administration Report

38: "Automating Lawyers: Does It Help the Bottom Line?" Law Office Management and Administration Report

39: "Communications From the Top," People to People

40: "Law Firm Mergers," The Docket, official magazine of the National Association of Legal Secretaries

41: "Multi-Office Firms Have Special Financial Statement Needs," Law Office Management and Administration Report

42: "Exercising Leadership - Partner Goals Underpin Firm Planning," Partner's Report

43: "Multi-Tier Partnerships Revisited," Law Office Management and Administration Report

44: "Partner Compensation: An Alternate Approach," Law Office Management and Administration Report

45: "Why Surveys, And Why The Law Firm Financial Review," published by Association of Legal Administrators as supplement to monthly newsletter.

46: "Planning to Survive," Cincinnati Bar Association Report

47: "When Does a Lateral Make Economic Sense," Law Office Management and Administration Report

48: "Who Owns Your Work in Process and Accounts Receivable," Law Office Management and Administration Report

49: "A Step Beyond the Checkbook," Legal Management

50: "The Signs of Trouble," Law Office Management and Administration Report

51: "It's Time to Think Beyond Time and Billing", Legal Management

52: "Facilities Management: A New Concept in Service", Strategy, Management and Technology

53: "What Many Law Firm Reports Don't Report", Law Office Management and Administration Report

54: "What Happens When I Grow Up?", Strategy, Management & Technology

55: "Understanding Cash Flow", Legal Management

56: "How Can You Really Judge New Partner Profitability", Law Office Management and Administration Report

57: "Legal Services Plan: How to Benefit Both Firms and Employees", Legal Management

58: "Improving Management to Realize Goals and Objectives", (Unpublished)

59: "Taking the Mystique Out of Strategic Planning", Financial Management

60: "The Effect of Technology on Workstyle and Lifestyle", ALA News

61: "Why Plaintiff Firms Should Keep Time", Legal Management

62: "The Merger A B C's", Capital Connection

63: "Clearing the Air on New Associate Profitability", (Unpublished)

64: "The Unproductive Partner", (Unpublished)

65: "Budgeting Made Simpler", Capital Connection

66: "Will the Legal Secretary Finally Be Retired?", Capital Connection

67: "Which Comes First? The Clients or the Rates?", (Unpublished)

68: "Maximizing Profitability", The Lawyer's Handbook, third edition. (Not available in reprint form)

69: Results Oriented Financial Management - A Guide to Law Firm Financial Performance. Full length book published by American Bar Association, (Not available in reprint form)

70: "Full-Time Management on a Part-Time Basis", ALA News

71: "Who Owns the Cases?", Trial Talk

72: "Compensation Plan for Owners of Professional Service Firms". Unpublished. Available in reprint form.

73: "Key Elements of Financial Management in the Plaintiff Law Firm", Legal Management

74: "Reaping the Benefits of Keeping Time", Trial Magazine

75: "The CEO Concept Resurfaces-and It's Still Unworkable", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

76: "Interest in Cost Accounting Soars with Emphasis on Profitability and Alternative Billing", Unpublished. Available in reprint form.

77: "Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is - What Should Your Associates Know About Law Firm Finances", Legal Management.

78: "Is Now (Finally) the Time to Rethink Your Approach to Non-Fee Billings?", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

79: "How Law Firms Can Use Consultants", The Journal, Monthly publication of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.

80: "Evaluate Your Pension Plan's Performance", Legal Management, Monthly Publication of the National Association of Legal Administrators.

81: "To Profit From Your Technology, Change the Way You Bill", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

82: "Understanding Cash Flow: The Final Frontier", Accounting for Law Firms.

83: "How to Get the Right Information From Your Firm's Financial Management Processes", Accounting for Law Firms.

84: "A Mid-Year Review Shows If You're On Track for Greater Year-end Profits", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

85: "How Much Are Your Law Firm's Billable Hours Really Worth?", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

86: "Leaders Who Tackle These 4 Issues Make Value Billable Viable", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

87: "Why Law Firms Can't Afford to Overlook Rate Discounting", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

88: "How to Predict What You and Your Partners Will Earn This Year", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

89: "Is There A Better Way to Measure Practice Area Profitability?", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

90: "Take Another Look at Your Practice Area Profitability", Law Office Management and Administration Report

91: "Follow This Client Service Program to Grow Revenues", Law Office Management and Administration Report

92: "Converting Inventory into Cash: Is Your Firm on Target?", Law Office Management and Administration Report

93: "Looking Ahead to the Real Next Century", Law Office Management and Administration Report

94: "How Profitable Are Your Associates?", Law Office Management and Administration Report

95: "Super Servers: The Circle is Now Compete", Virginia Lawyer's Weekly

96: "Developing An Incentive Piece to the Annual Compensation Plan", Law Office Management and Administration Report

97: "Accumulating Equity in A Professional Services Firm" Partner's Report

98: "Evaluating Practice Support Costs", Accounting for Law Firms

99: "Don't Panic When Times Get Tough", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

100: "Quick and Dirty Profitability Method", Law Office Management and Administration Report.

101: "What Does All This Information Mean Anyhow?", Accounting for Law Firms

102: "Billable Hours Are Not All That They Seem To Be", Law Office Management and Administration Report

103: "Simplifying the Evaluation of Firm Operating Results", Partner's Report

104: "Dispelling the Originations Myth", Partner's Report

105: "Will Value Billing End the Need to Record Billable Hours?", Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms

106: "Is There An Alternative to the Non-Equity Partner", Law Office Management and Administration Report


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