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Sep 01, 2009


Staying Ahead on Retainers

Question:

I do a good job of collecting initial retainers before doing work for my family law and criminal clients. But then I fall behind on retainer replenishments. Do you have any thoughts or ideas?

Response:

This is a common problem I hear from clients in all practice areas. Here are a few suggestions:

The key here is assigning someone the daily responsibility of monitoring retainers, having a good time and billing system, and using the managment reports from the system to stay on top of retainer useage.

John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC


Posted at 03:23 PM in Financial Management

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