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Published completion and placement rates are averages over a denominator somebody else defined. Four people adjacent to the decision can tell you what the number leaves out.
Two lawyers can quote the same contingency percentage and hand you checks that differ by thousands, because the number they multiply is not the same number.
Continue reading Quoted a Third of Your Case? What That Third Is Actually Measured Against
The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works or quietly drains the year.
Continue reading Can a First Hire Pay for Themselves? Working Out What That Actually Requires
The mechanics of finding somebody have changed almost completely in twenty years. The part that decides whether the hire works has not moved at all.
Continue reading Twenty Years Between Two First Hires: What Changed and What Refused To
Somebody collecting three quotes cannot assess the work itself. They can only assess the paperwork, which means the document is doing more selling than the price.
Continue reading A Customer Comparing Three Estimates Is Judging the Documents Rather Than the Work
Solo, group, or management-backed: the three shapes private practice comes in now, and how a first visit reveals which one you have walked into.