Resources related to Law Firm Finance

Developments at Altman Weil

Date		Title	Author(s)
October 17, 2007		Altman Weil Launches New Blog on Lawyer Compensation	James D. Cotterman

Expert Presentations

Date		Title	Location	Author(s)
April 30, 2007		Law Firm Capitalization - Cash Gap, ALA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV		James D. Cotterman
April 30, 2007		Law Firm Capitalization Worksheets - ALA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV		James D. Cotterman

Finance Articles

Date	Title	Author(s)
June 1, 2003	Ensuring Good Insurance Coverage in Tumultuous Times	William F. Brennan
December 1, 2000	Fees, Facts and Figures - What Lawyers are Charging and Receiving	Ward Bower
April 1, 2004	Financial Contributions and a Career in Law	James D. Cotterman
September 1, 2001	Fiscal Management of a Law Firm	James D. Cotterman
January 1, 2003	Fiscal Metrics to Gauge Your Firm's Financial Health	James D. Cotterman
August 1, 2003	Getting the Capital Structure Right	James D. Cotterman
February 1, 2004	Improving the Bottom Line: No Magic Bullets Required	William F. Brennan
July 1, 2007	Law Firm Capitalization	James D. Cotterman
January 1, 2003	Law Firm Debt: How Much is Too Much?	James D. Cotterman
March 1, 2004	Pricing Legal Services	Ward Bower
November 1, 2003	Retirement Basics: For the Individual Lawyer	James D. Cotterman
November 1, 2003	Retirement Basics: For the Law Firm	James D. Cotterman
May 1, 2002	Retiring Unfunded Obligations	Ward Bower
October 1, 2003	Turnarounds: What It Takes to Make It	James D. Cotterman
April 1, 2008	Two Ways to Improve Net Profit	William F. Brennan

Financial Tools

Date		Title	Author(s)
January 1, 2003		Fiscal Metrics To Gauge Your Firm's Financial Health	James D. Cotterman
January 1, 2003		Law Firm Debt: How Much Is Too Much	James D. Cotterman

Law Department Costs Articles

Date		Title	Author(s)
December 1, 2000		Fees, Facts and Figures - What Lawyers are Charging and Receiving	Ward Bower

Law Firm Survey Excerpts

Date	Title	Author(s)
August 1, 2002	Billable Hours by Specialty	Survey of Law Firm Economics
September 1, 2002	Billing Rates by Firm Size	Survey of Law Firm Economics
December 1, 2007	Cash Compensation - Managing Partner, Highest Paid Partner, General Counsel - 2007	Senior Leadership Survey for Law Firms
August 1, 2002	Costs of Branch Offices	Survey of Law Firm Economics Ward Bower
August 1, 2002	Diseconomies of Scale	Survey of Law Firm Economics Ward Bower
August 1, 2002	Expenditures Per Lawyer as Percentage of Gross Receipts	Survey of Law Firm Economics
August 1, 2003	Law Firm Overhead and CPI	Survey of Law Firm Economics
May 1, 2001	Managing Partner & Executive Director Compensation	Managing Partner & Executive Director Survey
September 1, 2002	Partner Hourly Rates by Specialty	Survey of Law Firm Economics
October 1, 2005	Practice Specialties and Hourly Rates	Survey of Law Firm Economics
September 1, 2002	Trend Comparison of Annual Billable Hours	Survey of Law Firm Economics Marci M. Krufka
October 1, 2002	Value of Fees Receiveable at Year-End, Average Per Lawyer	Survey of Law Firm Economics
October 1, 2003	Value of Unbilled Time Written Off During Year - Median Per Lawyer	Survey of Law Firm Economics

Strategy and Management Articles

Date		Title	Author(s)
March 1, 2002		What's Your Firm's Survivability	Ward Bower

Survey and Market Research News

Date		Title	Author(s)
August 2, 2007		New Survey Provides Snapshot of Law Firm Economics Across U.S.	James D. Cotterman
August 8, 2006		Salary Increases for First Year Associates Impact Other Lawyers' Take in 2005	James D. Cotterman

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