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Erin Gerstenzang EHG Law Firm Designing Your Law Firm to Work for You

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Page 1: AVVO Design Your Law Firm to Work for You · Malcom Gladwell - Blink Wendy Levinson, MD Daniel Shuman, JD RESULTS. RESULTS

Erin Gerstenzang EHG Law Firm

Designing Your Law Firm to Work for You

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Malcom Gladwell - Blink Wendy Levinson, MD Daniel Shuman, JD

RESULTS

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RESULTS +

EXPERIENCE

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1. 3 minutes +

2. “I will leave time for your questions”

3. “Go on, tell me more about that”

4. Use humor

Doctors who had never been sued…

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EXPERIENCE MATTERS

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RESULTS

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RESULTS

EXPERIENCE+

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You can’t control for results, but you can control for experience.

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Intro: Experience Matters

40 mins

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SIMPLE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS

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BETTER FOR CLIENTS

BETTER FOR YOU

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THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

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THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESSDesign it, don’t default it

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Electronic Fee Agreement

Better for you Fast, reliable, electronically

stored, easy to execute from your phone.

Better for clients Reduce friction, less work, easy to read and sign on

mobile device.

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Develop phone-friendly options

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Online Intake Forms

Better for you You don’t have to waste

anyone’s time inputting data.

Better for clients Client feels like they have told you everything they wanted to

communicate.

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Get Notified When Client Completes Intake

Client Completes

Intake

Email Intake Notes to Attorney

Trigger Action

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Bundled Automation Super Tools

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Be team oriented

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Online Scheduling

Better for you You don’t have to waste

anyone’s time scheduling and rescheduling.

Better for clients Client can easily make it work without having to talk to a live

person.

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Real life is busy, working with you should be simple

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Credit Card Payments

Better for you Get paid today!

Better for clients Easy to pay from mobile

device.

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Case Management Software

Better for you Stay organized, save time and have every file accessible on

your phone.

Better for clients Client portal, easy to

communicate with attorney.

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Embrace Technology

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Trigger Action

The future is now…

Talk to your Echo device

Take action in case management

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RULE 1.1 COMPETENCE COMMENT [6]

To maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, a lawyer should keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology, engage in continuing study and education and comply with all continuing legal education requirements to which the lawyer is subject.”

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Uber

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WORKING WITH THE CLIENT

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Clients Want Collaboration

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Two-week rule

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Share your cell phone number

with clients

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Let the client know what an ideal attorney-client

relationship looks like.

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Get feedback from your

clients

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Kindness matters

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Disney World…

Follow Disney’s Rules of Customer Service

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Listen

Follow Disney’s Rules of Customer Service

Apologize Solve Thank

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If you have a reputation for excellence or sit at the high end you need to work much harder to ensure this excellence occurs at each and every customer interaction. Otherwise you will lose customers that would have accepted the same treatment from your competitors.

Follow Disney’s Rules of Customer Service

Daniel Davey, The 6 Disney customer service secrets everyone should know

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AFTER THE RESULT

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Get feedback from your

clients

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You can’t control for results, but you can control for experience.

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