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presents "Budgeting for
Increased Profitability"
Date
May 21, 2008
Location:
Atlanta Fish Market
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Deadline:
May 16,2008
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William F.
Brennan is a
principal with
Altman Weil,
Inc., working in
the firm’s
headquarters
office in
Newtown Square,
PA.He
provides
consulting
services to law
firms in the
areas of
financial
management and
merger
counseling.He has
worked with
numerous firms
on identifying
qualified merger
candidates,
preparing firms
prior to the
merger process,
negotiating deal
terms, and
post-merger
integration.
Mr. Brennan has over 20 years
experience in the legal profession.For over a decade he worked
as a consultant specializing in
financial management services for
law firms, helping to develop
strategic business plans; improve
profitability; and plan, structure
and implement mergers and
acquisitions.He has served as Director of
Administration and Chief Financial
Officer for two AmLaw 200 law firms.
He began his career at Price
Waterhouse as an accountant and
consultant specializing in financial
planning and control.
AALA
Speaker Series
William F.
Brennan of Altman Weil will present: "Budgeting for Increased
Profitability"
Law firm Executive Directors and
CFO’s are being asked to do more and
more sophisticated financial
analysis for their firms. Partners
want answers, not dozens of reports
with mountains of data that only
confuse them. And, even when
problems are identified, it is
extremely difficult to implement
change in a law firm. This session
links the preparation of the firm’s
annual budget with good financial
management practices and effective
ways to increase a firm’s
profitability, including getting
support from your partners.
Issues to be covered:
1.Budgeting: Why
is it important? – An overview
of the budgeting process for
professional service firms.
2. Financial Management
– There are hundreds of statistics
about economic performance that a
law firm can compute. Which are most
meaningful? Which should be reported
to the partners on a monthly basis?
What should they be compared to?
3. Increasing Profitability
– What are the key drivers of
profitability for all professional
service firms? Which of these
factors offers the greatest
potential for increasing profits?
What are some practical tips you can
implement in your firm? How can you
gain partner support to implement
changes needed to increase your
firm’s profitability?
AALA
section meetings offer specialized
educational opportunities in such area as
information technology, human resources,
branch office management,
knowledge management and accounting.
Register today for one of the following
sections offered this month:
AALA
CLM Study Group -
Not Scheduled to Meet
for the Remainder of
2008
AALA
Corporate & Government
Section -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
AALA
Financial Section
Meeting -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
AALA
Human Resources Section
Meeting -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
AALA
Multi-Office/Branch Meeting -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
AALA
New Member Knowledge
Share -
May 13th
AALA
Small Firm Section
Meeting -
May 28th
AALA
Technology Section
Meeting -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
ALA
Teleseminar Webcast -
Not Scheduled to Meet in
May
ServiceJuris
- June 28th
April 30
New Member
Luncheon
Troutman Sanders
May
5-9
Annual Conference
Seattle, WA
May 21
Speaker Series
Atlanta Fish Market
June
18
Half-Day Seminar
Cobb Energy Center
June
27-28
CLI
Chicago, IL
July
16
Summer Social
TBD
August
20
Business Partner
Luncheon
Cobb Galleria
September 17
Managing Partner
Luncheon
Four Seasons
October 15
Speaker Series
Cumberland
Maggianos
November 12
Speaker Series
Trois
December 17
Holiday Luncheon
Ritz-Carlton
Downtown
