Mitch Kowalski - Helping Law Firms Ditch Hourly Billing
Legal operations advisor and law professor Mitch Kowalski joined me on Ditching Hourly to talk about innovation in the legal profession, including alternatives to hourly billing.
Talking Points
- The history of hourly billing in the legal profession
- Transparency in pricing (and why hourly billing isn't transparent at all)
- The perverse incentives of hourly billing
- Why billing hourly short changes you if you are good at what you do
- The importance of breaking a big project into small chunks
- Why lawyers remain in the “dark ages,” technologically speaking
- The mental health effects of hourly billing
- ”Working toward the price”
- Price as an initial design constraint
- Reverse engineering your costs to support your desired pricing
Mitch’s Links
- Website: https://kowalski.ca
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MEKowalski
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchkowalski
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Do you know you need to niche down, but keep hesitating because you're afraid of picking the wrong niche, cutting off good opportunities, or boxing yourself in?
You DON'T need more convincing that vague positioning is a problem.
You DO need a way to make positioning feel less risky so you can finally choose a direction, test it in the market, and adjust without blowing up your business.
On Tuesday, September 8th, 2026, at noon Eastern Time, I'm running a live workshop called Positioning For Soloists Having A Hard Time Niching Down.
That's what we'll tackle in this workshop.
It's the second session of my Fall 2026 Soloist Growth Workshop series for expertise-based business owners just like you.
Live attendance is limited to 20, so don't wait.
Learn more at: https://jonathanstark.com/sgs
Enroll in Positioning For Soloists now »
Hope to see you live in Zoom on Tuesday.
Creators and Guests
Host
Jonathan Stark
The Ditching Hourly Guy • For freelancers, consultants, and other experts who want to make more and work less w/o hiring
