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Mid-Law Firms Weigh How To Retool Offices For Attys’ Return

See Emma Cueto’s timely Law360 article on Mid-Law Firms Weigh How To Retool Offices For Attys’ Return. Law360 Pulse (January 28, 2021, 4:38 PM EST) Dan Safran, Unbiased Consulting President/CEO, weighs in with his view that law firms need to move quickly to re-engineer and redesign their real estate portfolio, in advance of office re-openings. “Safran […]

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Unbiased Legal Operations Consultants – Their Value Is Significant

There is impactful value in using an unbiased legal operations consultant to improve your business or legal operations.  These consultants, if you choose wisely, are experienced professionals dedicated to saving you time and money – and they will deliver. However, be aware that there are many in the legal market who represent themselves as independent

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Optimizing the Law Firm Library and Legal Research

By: Nina Cunningham, Unbiased Consulting Law firm operations have changed dramatically for many firms since the Coronavirus erupted in early 2020.  But legal research remains an important activity for lawyers in serving client needs. As more lawyers work from home, firms recognize that physical libraries waste valuable resources because they demand both maintenance and space. 

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Helping Law Firms Assess Your Portfolios of Expenses and Save Money

Contract and Expense Assessment and Negotiation Services Saving money appears never to go out of style! Unbiased Consulting assesses and reviews your entire spend and expense portfolio, identifying contractual and tactical expense improvement, consolidation and general cost reduction and deal improvement opportunities.  We derive recommendations in approach, timeline, return on investment and help with the

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Planning and Saving – Law Firm Real Estate and Office Space Cost Savings Opportunities

Whether you are looking to uncover your real estate cost savings potential or launch a program to move or modify your Office Space, Unbiased Consulting provides seasoned law firm professionals with “boots on the ground” experience who Manage Costs, Expectations and Timelines when working with your internal and external teams. Law firm Real Estate challenges

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Law Departments – Fractional Hiring of Legal Operations Professionals

By Scott Rosenberg – Unbiased Consulting The value of the legal operations role within the legal department is now well accepted.  However, the ability to find experienced, qualified candidates has proven difficult and/or cost prohibitive. Unbiased Consulting provides an option to retain experienced resources on a part-time or temporary basis to drive cost savings and

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Managing Your Remote Resources – Pools, Service Centers, Administration and Associates

By Dan Safran – Unbiased Consulting The new COVID-inspired, remote workplace has caused many law firms and law departments to contemplate adopting more modern task management and collaboration solutions. This includes creation of administrative resource pools or developing centralized, virtual service centers to support the organization’s lawyers. Our clients tell us that delegation and information

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Earned Value Management – Assessing and Controlling Project Success in Law Firms and Law Departments

A Viewpoint on Legal Project Management Best Practice You have a well-constructed budget and routinely check actuals against it, but your case or transaction is rapidly approaching or already exceeds initial projections. Legal clients don’t like such surprises, especially cost overruns.  Properly monitoring and controlling a legal project, often called a “matter”, requires adherence to

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Deploying a High Value and High Performance Information Technology Function within in Today’s (and Tomorrow’s) Law Firm

Developing and maintaining a high performance Information Technology (IT) function within a law firm is not easy, especially these days.  As the reader knows, we are experiencing unprecedented, highly disruptive changes in the present day legal market.  The following is intended to provide a model for your own journey. Before reading forward, please recognize a

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Improving Law Firm and/or Client Profitability – a Case Study

By Dan Safran – Unbiased Consulting Unbiased Consulting successfully assisted a large, US-based law firm to significantly improve profitability of work performed for one of its largest clients. Unbiased Consulting completed a four (4) week, focused evaluation of work performed by the law firm, for a long term, high revenue client. The firm spent years

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