Meeting/Event Information

Registration and Continental Breakfast: 7:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Program: 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

About the program:

How to stay Profitable while living with Alternative Fee Arrangements   

After years of discussions, Alternative Fee Arrangements are gaining momentum and are becoming a fact of legal financial life. This educational event presented by Doug Graham of Fay Sharpe LLP and Jay Erdman of Rippe & Kingston, will discuss some of the creative legal billing strategies that are impacting the legal financial landscape and why the conversation keeps coming back to Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFA). The presenters will discuss the risks and benefits of AFA's, assess how these arrangements affect law firm profitability, and present ideas on how to sustain profitability and potentially raise revenues while living with AFA's. If you can't beat them, then you'd better be ready to join them and this event will help you be armed for the fray!

About the Speakers:

Douglas M. Graham, CA,  is the Director of Administration for the law firm of Fay Sharpe LLP.  Doug has a Bachelor of Law from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.  He manages and directs all business operations of the Firm including Accounting, Information Technology, Human Resources, Marketing and Facilities/General Support Operations. He is a member of the Firm's Management Committee.  Doug is a past president of the Cleveland Association of Legal Administrators and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the chapter's Education Committee.

Jay Erdman, CPA, is a Principal with Rippe & Kingston, in Cincinnati, Ohio.  A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with degrees in Accounting and Management, Jay has over 29 years of Law Firm Accounting specialization.

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