1. We’re on a mission!

2. It all started with a lawsuit my
company filed in 2004...

3. Let’s just say our
lawsuit did not
meet its budget
estimates.
$2,443,068
$500,000
Original Estimate Final Cost

4. $121,000 for 12 hours mediation
$545,000 for 104 court pleadings
$970,000 for 2 expert reports
$28,102 Spent for
photocopies, a stack of
paper 94 feet high at ten
cents a copy.
Me

5. In the future, clients will demand
better tools for managing their legal
costs.
“The best way to
predict the future is
to invent it.”
Alan Kay

6. Now, back to that mission...

7. Want to Manage
Something?
Measure it.

8. How does my law firm
compare with others?
Blended Rate
Matter Duration
Matter Cost

9. How does my attorney
compare with others?
Very favorably!

10. ...And what exactly am I
paying for?
My legal matter

11. Why so much Billing in half hour increments.
time on
conference
calls?

12. Benchmark your matters against
other similar matters.
Below average costs...
But longer duration

13. You’re forgetting something!
The value of
the services.

14. But you can’t
measure the value we
attorneys provide!
It’s too subjective.

15. Sure, you can!
Vinny Gambini, Esq.

16. Legal metrics will draw from many under
utilized data sources.
Billing Data Public Client
Sources Satisfaction

17. Legal metrics will deconstruct,
compare and manage even complex
matters.
Research
Conferences
Discovery
Depositions
Pleadings
Mediation
Experts
Humongous Lawsuit

18. Legal Metrics will be assumed by
future clients.
Who calls their broker anymore
for a stock quote?

19. Legal Metrics will replace tag
lines with measurable results.
Driving business advantage.
The confidence to proceed.
Deep relationships. Forward thinking.
Singular focus. Outstanding results.
Top of mind.
Blah Blah Blah.

20. Legal Metrics are inevitable...
Will you Innovate,
Procrastinate or
Resist?