Author Archives: David Bilinsky & Laura Calloway

Cash Flow Reports – Part 10: Client Trust Balances

At long last we come to the end of our top 10 Cash Flow Reports Tips with our final entry, Client Trust Balances.

Institute a procedure to ensure regular review …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 9 – Daily Time Summaries Are a Must

Daily time summaries by lawyer are also an important part of cash flow reporting.  To make this analysis accurate, all lawyers in the firm should be accounting for all of …

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Cash Flow Reports Part 8 – Unbilled Fees and Disbursements

Often law practices look great from the outside.  There are lots of clients, the lawyers are always on the run, and from all outward appearances the firm is successful.  Sometimes, …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 7 – Realization Rate

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Money often costs too much.”

It is, unfortunately, true that you have to work over $1.00 worth of time to collect $1.00.  The question is:  …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 6: Accounts Receivable

Ahh the age-old problem of lawyers:  collecting accounts receivable.  The bane of the lawyering class. The inconvenient truth is that if you are working on the basis of an account …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 5: Unbilled Disbursements

Where are the money pits in your practice?  One of the biggest is called: “Unbilled Disbursements”  These disbursements represent expenditures on behalf of clients that you expect will be recovered …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 4

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said:  “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 3

Edward Gibbon once said: “I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.”

In our prior posts …

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 2

This is the second in a series of ten tips dealing with cash flow reports and cash flow management.

Gregory Nunn once said: “Never underestimate the value of cold cash.”…

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Cash Flow Reports – Part 1

Following on our earlier Top 10 Financial Errors posts, this is the first in a series of 10 posts dealing with Cash Flow Reports and in particular, cash flow management.…

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