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Basics of Accounting and Best Practices for Small Law Firms


Average Rating:
   20
Faculty:
Scott Ross |  Sy Sommer
Duration:
60 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
License:
Never Expires.


Description

Small law firms face unique problems that mid and large-sized law firms can solve with staffing. Solo practitioners, single owners, and multi-attorney practices, often wear many hats in addition to the title of attorney. Those hats usually include chief operating officer, chief financial officer, human resource director, and IT specialist, just to name a few. This CLE session will provide insights to assist you in the financial and operational best practices to make you more profitable and efficient in your day-to-day business.

Presented by LEAP Legal Software, featuring Scott Ross, firm consultant, and retired Certified Public Accountant, this one-hour seminar will provide general knowledge of accounting principles and provide operational best practices for small firm practitioners to improve your productivity and income generation.

 

Credits


General CLE Credit

This program is eligible for 1 hour(s) of CLE credit in 60-minute states, and 1.2 hour(s) of CLE credit in 50-minute states. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

LEAP will seek MCLE accreditation in CA, CT, FL, IL, NJ, NY, PA, and RI. Additional states may be requested upon completion of the course. 

If you have met the participation requirements for this course, you will receive a personalized CLE affidavit from mcle-leap@americanbar.org. Please check your spam folder as these e-mails may end up there. Once you complete the affidavit, you will be able to download your certificate(s) of attendance and they will also be emailed to you from mcle-leap@americanbar.org.



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Faculty

Scott Ross's Profile

Scott Ross Related Seminars and Products

Certified Public Accountant (Retired)

We're Boss


Scott Ross is a retired, certified public accountant who has worked in the legal industry as an operations and financial executive for almost 35 years. As a chief executive officer or chief financial officer, Scott has helped small and large firms become more efficient and financially secure. Scott provides consulting services as a part of the We’re Boss family and is called upon whenever a We’re Boss client needs assistance in operational, financial, or trust services.

Scott, originally from Miami, Florida, currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina along with his wife, Elisa, and their dog, Archie. Scott, in his spare time, is a beekeeper, a retired volunteer firefighter, and an active pickleball player and bicyclist.


Sy Sommer's Profile

Sy Sommer Related Seminars and Products

Director of Product Enablement

LEAP Legal Software


Sy Justin Sommer is the Director of Product Enablement at LEAP Legal Software. Sy is a 2010 graduate of Fordham Law School and is an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York. Sy began his career in the Family Law Department of Manhattan law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP. After three years with DHC, Sy took a role with JPMorgan Chase Bank in Brooklyn, NY where he served as an Associate Vice President Senior Counsel in the bank’s Mortgage Banking Litigation group. In 2018, Sy sought to apply his legal education and experience in the legal technology space and joined LEAP with excitement to further the company’s mission of helping attorneys to be more productive with cloud technology. Despite being a born and raised New Yorker, Sy currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey.


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Total Reviews: 20

Comments

Mary S

"Advice about working from your budget to adjust billing rates. "

Kelsey R

"Practical guidance"