Specialized services for law firms

Your firm and its business goals are the basis for our holistic approach. We integrate audit, accounting, tax, and advisory services to address financial operations review, fee structures, compensation programs, and plans for growth and/or mergers. Our services specific to law firms include:

PRACTICE AND PARTNERSHIP PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS

Law firm profitability is generally measured through billable hours. Using competitive benchmarking and other analytical tools, we assess your overall practice and individual lawyers to identify opportunities to boost billable hours and profitability.  Since partner compensation also impacts your firm's profits,  we evaluate current compensation plans for sustainability and alignment with firm goals, recommending and implementing areas of improvement.

SPECIALIZED TAX PRACTICE

Adhering to sound tax strategies is especially critical for law firms. From comprehensive tax planning and compliance to advising on state nexus issues, we work to reduce firm tax obligations, ensure accurate state revenue reporting, and vigorously defend our clients’ tax positions — while remaining in full compliance with all laws.

LAW FIRM MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS SUPPORT

For firms seeking growth through mergers or the acquisition of similar firms, we can identify merger and lateral candidates, conduct valuations, assist in due diligence, and negotiate contracts. We also offer related services including lateral combinations, comparative operating policies, and deal economic and pre/post-merger management consulting.

Settlement Trusts

Settlement trusts are facing the call for increased transparency by federal and state policymakers, lawyers, judges, and litigants concerned about the compensation of claimants, as well as the performance of the settlement trust’s claims processing system. We advise on GAAP and special-purpose financial reporting; audit IT controls; address complicated trust taxation matters, evaluate processes for internal controls, claims reporting, and trust distribution; allocate costs from shared service processing centers; and assist in data-mining and recalculating awards derived from claims processing systems.

A ONE STOP SHOP FOR BUSINESS ASSETS – AND PERSONAL WEALTH

Managing personal wealth is often inextricably tied to managing your firm. We provide a wide range of private client services for owners, partners, and their families as they manage the assets and personal wealth they’ve amassed in their legal career or transition their firms at retirement.