Law Firm Strategy

With uncertain economic times, increased competition and accelerated change in the legal industry, a strategic plan for your law firm is more important than ever. Mantra Legal Consulting has nearly 25 years’ experience working with high-performance law firms throughout the United States and internationally.

A Proven Planning Framework, Tailored to Your Unique Needs

When engaging in strategic planning, we utilize well-tested planning processes, proven to be successful for law firms. We know that every firm is unique, however, so we customize our approach to best suit your firm and its current stage of expansion.

We pride ourselves on deep listening. We go beyond financial reports and key performance indicators to get to know the people, practices and culture of the firm to ensure that our recommendations are aligned with who you are and that they will be implemented. We help our clients to understand and articulate their key differentiators and their current and desired market position.

Our planning process is externally focused. We help you to establish your goals for desired market position and the steps you will take to achieve them. With that vision in mind, we evaluate your internal systems to ensure that they are aligned with what you hope to achieve.

Your strategic planning goals may address:

• The overall vision for the firm in the future;
• Your optimal practice mix;
• Industry/sector specialization;
• Your geographic footprint and opportunities for expansion;
• Financial and profitability goals;
• Leadership and client succession planning;
• Firm culture;
• Brand strategy and implementation;
• Business development;
• Talent attraction and retention; and
• Organizational structure and staffing.

In addition to firmwide plans, we work with Department Chairs, Practice Group Leaders and Industry Team Leaders to craft plans for their teams. As the fundamental operating units of a law firm planning at the group level is critical to the firm’s growth and success.

We know that successful implementation begins from the very start of the process, and we ensure active participation from key stakeholders to ensure buy-in throughout. In the end, it is YOUR strategic plan.

Outsourced Chief Strategy Officer Support

For some firms, strategy is not a project undertaken every few years, but rather an ongoing process, instilled in the fiber of the firm. For those firms, we offer outsourced Chief Strategy Officer services. As CSOs, we help with every step of plan development, implementation, success tracking and ongoing updating and revision to keep up with the changing market.

We serve as ex-officio members of your firm’s Board or management team and keep firm leaders up to date on changes and developing opportunities in the marketplace. We also help to achieve and exceed your strategic goals, including practice, industry and geographic expansion.