Kimberly DeCarrera runs a fractional general counsel and CFO firm. In addition to her current practice as a business lawyer, she has or is working with insurance defense, plaintiffs personal injury, criminal defense, family law, disability law, estate planning, and immigration law firms. No practice area is off-limits for Springboard Legal!
Law Firm Growth Experts
Grow Your Law Firm with Experienced Law Firm Experts
Learn from trusted law firm advisor Kimberly DeCarrera and the Springboard Legal team of law firm growth experts so that you too can grow and scale your law firm with smart, sustainable growth strategies.
Practicing Attorney
Experienced Business Executives
Kimberly DeCarrera
Attorney and Springboard Legal Founder
How Springboard Legal Helps Law Firms Grow
Law Firm Fractional CFO.
Did they forget to teach you law firm finances in law school? Kimberly DeCarrera will use her experience in running her own law firm as well as working in and with other law firm owners to make sure that your law firm can and will meet your strategic goals with a well-designed budget, financial planning and analysis, compensation plans, and policies and procedures.
- Financial Clarity
- Prepare annual budgets
- Regular Check-Ins and Accountability
Law Firm Operations.
As you scale your law firm, your operations and systems become critical to your success. we will bring our experience working with growing law firms to help you effectively grow and scale the operations side of your law firm, including developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), strategy sessions, team leadership training, and more.
- Breakthrough Growth
- Technology Transformations
- Process Improvement
- Team Building
Fractional HR for Law Firms.
Do you have an HR department? You need one! From policies and procedures, to onboarding and offboarding employees, and training and development, Springboard Legal can serve as your Fractional HR department. And yes, that includes recruiting too!
- Recruiting and Sourcing New Employees
- Managing Employee Benefits
- Firm Culture and Retaining Employees
- Offboarding Employees
Fractional Marketing for Law Firms.
Do you have separate vendors for Google and Meta ads? SEO? Website design? Billboards and TV advertising? Then you need someone to manage it all. Our Fractional Chief Marketing Officer for Law Firms service is specifically designed to manage all the vendors and efforts that you are taking to market and grow your law firm!
- Create Ideal Customer Profiles
- Develop Marketing Plans
- Manage Marketing Vendors
More Ways We Help Law Firms Grow
Additional Services
Frequently Asked Questions
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1. What practice areas does Springboard Legal serve?
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2. What Business Models does Springboard Legal serve?While all law firms want clients and revenue, your business model has a big impact in operations, recruiting and incentive plans for staff, and how you plan for the future. Your business model, whether hourly billing or flat fee, contingency or subscription, will be taken into consideration in how Kimberly DeCarrera advises you on your growth strategies.
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3. What Software Can Springboard Legal Assist With?Our clients work with a variety of software systems – both Microsoft and Google workspaces, as well as a variety of law practice management systems and integrations. Some of the software suites that we are familiar with and can help your law firm implement or maximize include: Clio, CosmoLex, FileVine, LawPay, Lawlytics, MyCase, Practice Panther, and Smart Advocate. On the financial accounting side, we’ve worked with Freshbooks, QuickBooks, and Xero.
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4. What Kind of Time Commitment Do I Need?We recognize that your time is valuable. You cannot spend all day, every day with consultants and coaches. After all, you have a law firm to run. Our law firm consulting and coaching packages are customizable to the time you want to commit. Springboard Legal offers monthly to weekly packages to help you in your evolution as a business owner. We are also flexible, so that you can increase or decrease your package as your needs change.
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5. Is this one-size-fits-all consulting and coaching?No! We recognize that not all solutions will work for every law firm. However, we all recognize that there are best practices that all businesses should strive for and that are commonly effective. As a result, Kimberly DeCarrera offers advice on what has worked with other law firms (or even other professional service firms or pulling from other industries). But business is often a game of trial and error. We will try things, and if they don’t work, try something else. We may tweak solutions to work for you, based on your goals, budget, and timeline.
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6. Can you tell us what our KPIs are?KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators, are established through an iterative process between you and your law firm consultant. Often, we will include your staff for maximum buy-in and effectiveness. So while we won’t tell you what your KPIs are (because they are different for every firm), we will help develop them for what works for your firm at this stage of your growth. And then re-evaluate regularly as you continue to grow.
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7. Do you work with “lifestyle” law firms?The short answer is yes. We want to help you build the law firm of YOUR dreams. That often means that you aren’t looking to grow at the fastest rates because you welcome the trade-off from fast growth to a better work-life balance. Also, we understand that there is a time and season for everything. Sometimes, we have the time and resources to devote to growth. Other times, we slow down the growth to focus on other priorities (such as physical or mental health, family, vacation, etc). We will work together to incorporate the lifestyle you want your firm to provide while understanding that the lifestyle can and will change over time.
Our Promise to You.
Hiring a Law Firm Business Consultant is a big investment. You also don’t know ahead of time if working with Springboard Legal is the right answer for your firm. That’s why we make these commitments to you:
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1. Price Lock GuaranteeThe price you sign-on for today won’t change for at least 1 full year. That way we can include it in your budget without surprises. The only way your price changes is if you change the level of service.
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2. Cancel AnytimeIf you aren’t happy, we aren’t happy. We would appreciate the opportunity to make you happy and keep you on as a client, but if it isn’t working out, we won’t hold you to any long-term contracts.
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