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


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I'm running a one-day in-person workshop in December in Providence, Rhode Island, called "Kickstart Your Pipeline."

If you're not getting as many leads as you want and you're looking for a systematic, dignified alternative to cold outreach, paid ads, and clowning around on social media, this workshop is for you.

We'll start with a fancy dinner (on me) on the evening of December 9, and then the one-day workshop is on December 10 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

For all the details and to reserve your seat, just click the link below:

Reserve Your Seat In Providence Now »

Hope to see you in Providence on Dec 9 and 10!