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Joel A Rose

Joel A Rose

January 07, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nine Essential Billing and Collection Skills for Lawyers

In creating and managing a law firm's money pot, consider the following: What mix of ingredients will help the firm's lawyers successfully bill and collect? How about money as a factor? This ingredient is an important part of the mixture. Also, you must throw in peer recognition and evaluation. Most lawyers want the added spice that comes from working in a firm that knows its priorities and values. Add these ingredients in the right proportions and your billings and collections will flourish.

By Joel A. Rose

7 minute read

January 04, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Preparation and Use of Personal Attorney Business Plans

Personal goal-setting has become a popular and effective management tool that has been implemented by partners and associates in many of the more financially and professionally successful law firms.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

April 18, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Plan for Your Firm to Grow On

Effective management of groups of lawyers that join together begins with indentifying a managing partner or executive committee that can institute an effective management plan for the organization. This article provides pointers for formulating that plan.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

January 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Follow the Money: A sound compensation plan encourages partners to lead a firm to success

A well conceived and implemented compensation system must meet the needs of its law firm as it exists today and as it will exist in the next year or so.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

February 02, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Making Merged Firms Work as One

Key areas that need to be effectively integrated so all parties may realize the benefits of the combined practice.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

November 21, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ten Factors That Inhibit Firm Profitability

When managing partners and members of law firm management committees start talking about increasing firm income, one of the first things they think of is reducing overhead. But some of the most profitable law firms have found that cost cutting is not the

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read

March 08, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essential Billing and Collection Skills for Lawyers

What mix of ingredients will help the firm's lawyers successfully bill and collect?

By Joel A. Rose

7 minute read

June 05, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Using Business Plans to Advance the Firm, Compensate Partners

Personal goal setting has been popular and effective in other professions and industries for many years. Lawyers have been slow in coming around because they are afraid that the exercise will be a waste of time or will restrict how they practice.

By Joel A. Rose

10 minute read

October 04, 2007 | Law.com

Managing Cost-Effectiveness of Legal Services

The management of progressive law firms are now studying the management and control of the quality and cost-effectiveness of legal services more carefully.

By Joel A. Rose

11 minute read

November 21, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

A Four-Phase Formula for Strategic Planning

Over the past decade, significant changes have occurred within the legal profession that have required law firms to do long-range planning. The market for legal services has become, and will continue to be, more competitive, writes Joel A. Rose.

By Joel A. Rose

8 minute read