We spoke with an attorney recently who said something interesting.
Every time he adds another attorney to his firm...
His software costs go up.
Not by a little.
By more than $1,000 per month.
For one attorney.
And that's just one of the systems he uses.
The more we checked it out, the more it felt like a bigger trend.
Growth is supposed to create leverage.
But for a lot of law firms, growth creates complexity.
More subscriptions and logins…
More training and workflows.
Systems and apps that don’t quite talk to each other.
You hire another attorney.
Now you need another seat.
Another license, user, monthly bill.
And suddenly the systems that were supposed to make the firm run better start creating friction of their own.
It's one reason some firms are beginning to rethink how they operate.
Not because technology is bad.
Because complexity is expensive.
The firms that scale most effectively over the next few years may not be the ones with the most software.
They may be the ones with the simplest operations.
Until next time,
The PI Brief
P.S. We've opened a limited number of workflow strategy calls for PI firms looking to streamline operations, reduce software overlap, and identify opportunities to simplify how the firm runs.
If you're curious where complexity may be slowing your firm down, just reply and we'll send over details.