Your advisory practice is growing faster than audit. Your best talent wants flexibility you could not offer five years ago. And your newest partner just lost three hours reconstructing context from a client file that lives across SharePoint, your practice management system, and someone’s inbox.

This is not a technology problem. It is a revenue…

Economic uncertainty and sustained periods of expensive capital are prompting CFOs to look inwards for liquidity rather than pursuing external financing or topline expansion. According to the Hackett Group’s 2025 Working Capital Survey, excess Accounts Receivable (AR) alone accounts for nearly $600 billion in tied-up working capital.
What’s more, the gap between top performers…

People have been living in Lebanon for over seven thousand years. It is home to Muslims and Christians, as well as leaders in trade and culture. And so obviously it has been home to some disputes. I have always wanted to visit, both to enjoy some kibbe and arak, but also to learn how litigators…

By Steve Fretzin & Chris Earley
Most lawyers think they need to sound polished to be taken seriously. That is backwards. Chris and I agree that the posts that get attention and build trust are the ones that sound like a real person. Not a verdict recap, not a humblebrag, not a press release. Stories,…

By Steve Fretzin & Mathew Kerbis
The billable hour has survived for decades not because it works well, but because it feels familiar. Lawyers know how to track time. Firms know how to invoice it. Clients tolerate it because they believe there is no alternative. That assumption is finally breaking down.
That is why this…

By Steve Fretzin & Robert Armstrong, Sandy Fisch
Most law firms are built by smart, capable lawyers who never planned to become business owners. They wanted autonomy, better clients, or a way out of someone else’s system. What they did not plan for was running a business without the tools, structure, or training to do…