Kelley Brubaker, CPA
@kelleybrubaker.bsky.social
Law Firm CFO | "Your Profitable Law Firm" Podcast | Author | Guiding attorneys to overflowing profits 💰 scaled growth 🌱 & thriving lives 😎
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Every *next level*...
Music: Higher To The Sky
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April 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Every *next level*...
Music: Higher To The Sky
Music: Higher To The Sky
This week's content has focused on how creating a board of directors can transform your law firm.
Key takeaway: Running a law firm can be lonely. As the owner, all the big choices fall on your shoulders. A board gives you a team of smart people to talk through tough decisions. You don't have to
Key takeaway: Running a law firm can be lonely. As the owner, all the big choices fall on your shoulders. A board gives you a team of smart people to talk through tough decisions. You don't have to
April 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This week's content has focused on how creating a board of directors can transform your law firm.
Key takeaway: Running a law firm can be lonely. As the owner, all the big choices fall on your shoulders. A board gives you a team of smart people to talk through tough decisions. You don't have to
Key takeaway: Running a law firm can be lonely. As the owner, all the big choices fall on your shoulders. A board gives you a team of smart people to talk through tough decisions. You don't have to
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April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A solo attorney client came to me frustrated: "I'm working 70 hours weekly but my firm isn't growing. I feel stuck."
When we dug deeper, we found:
💡 He was making all decisions alone
💡 He kept saying yes to unprofitable cases
💡 He had no strategy for growth
💡 He was afraid to raise his rates
When we dug deeper, we found:
💡 He was making all decisions alone
💡 He kept saying yes to unprofitable cases
💡 He had no strategy for growth
💡 He was afraid to raise his rates
April 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A solo attorney client came to me frustrated: "I'm working 70 hours weekly but my firm isn't growing. I feel stuck."
When we dug deeper, we found:
💡 He was making all decisions alone
💡 He kept saying yes to unprofitable cases
💡 He had no strategy for growth
💡 He was afraid to raise his rates
When we dug deeper, we found:
💡 He was making all decisions alone
💡 He kept saying yes to unprofitable cases
💡 He had no strategy for growth
💡 He was afraid to raise his rates
This week we're focused on how creating a board of directors can transform your law firm from surviving to thriving.
✅ Why small law firms need outside perspective
✅ Who should be on your board (and who shouldn't)
✅ How to run effective board meetings that drive results
✅ Why small law firms need outside perspective
✅ Who should be on your board (and who shouldn't)
✅ How to run effective board meetings that drive results
April 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This week we're focused on how creating a board of directors can transform your law firm from surviving to thriving.
✅ Why small law firms need outside perspective
✅ Who should be on your board (and who shouldn't)
✅ How to run effective board meetings that drive results
✅ Why small law firms need outside perspective
✅ Who should be on your board (and who shouldn't)
✅ How to run effective board meetings that drive results
Running a law firm can be lonely at the top. In this week's podcast episode, I explain why creating a board of directors could be the game-changer your firm needs.
A good board expands your network. Each board member comes with their own connections to potential clients, partners, and resources.
A good board expands your network. Each board member comes with their own connections to potential clients, partners, and resources.
April 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Running a law firm can be lonely at the top. In this week's podcast episode, I explain why creating a board of directors could be the game-changer your firm needs.
A good board expands your network. Each board member comes with their own connections to potential clients, partners, and resources.
A good board expands your network. Each board member comes with their own connections to potential clients, partners, and resources.
Is your law firm parading around in financial "clothes" that don't actually exist?
In "The Emperor's New Clothes," everyone pretends to see magnificent garments until an innocent child points out the obvious truth. Similarly, law firms sometimes maintain financial illusions that nobody dares to
In "The Emperor's New Clothes," everyone pretends to see magnificent garments until an innocent child points out the obvious truth. Similarly, law firms sometimes maintain financial illusions that nobody dares to
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Is your law firm parading around in financial "clothes" that don't actually exist?
In "The Emperor's New Clothes," everyone pretends to see magnificent garments until an innocent child points out the obvious truth. Similarly, law firms sometimes maintain financial illusions that nobody dares to
In "The Emperor's New Clothes," everyone pretends to see magnificent garments until an innocent child points out the obvious truth. Similarly, law firms sometimes maintain financial illusions that nobody dares to
How many trusted advisors do you regularly consult about your law firm's direction?
📊 A) None - I make all decisions myself
📊 B) 1-2 informal advisors
📊 C) 3+ advisors or a formal board
Let me know your approach below!
#LawFirmManagement #BoardOfDirectors #PodcastClip
📊 A) None - I make all decisions myself
📊 B) 1-2 informal advisors
📊 C) 3+ advisors or a formal board
Let me know your approach below!
#LawFirmManagement #BoardOfDirectors #PodcastClip
April 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How many trusted advisors do you regularly consult about your law firm's direction?
📊 A) None - I make all decisions myself
📊 B) 1-2 informal advisors
📊 C) 3+ advisors or a formal board
Let me know your approach below!
#LawFirmManagement #BoardOfDirectors #PodcastClip
📊 A) None - I make all decisions myself
📊 B) 1-2 informal advisors
📊 C) 3+ advisors or a formal board
Let me know your approach below!
#LawFirmManagement #BoardOfDirectors #PodcastClip
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Music: More Power
Music: More Power
April 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Strive not...
Music: More Power
Music: More Power
✨ Building a Profitable Law Firm
After creating 100 episodes of the Your Profitable Law Firm podcast, one truth stands clear:
Running a successful law firm takes more than legal expertise. It requires financial mastery, strategic planning, and data-driven decision making.
The most successful
After creating 100 episodes of the Your Profitable Law Firm podcast, one truth stands clear:
Running a successful law firm takes more than legal expertise. It requires financial mastery, strategic planning, and data-driven decision making.
The most successful
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
✨ Building a Profitable Law Firm
After creating 100 episodes of the Your Profitable Law Firm podcast, one truth stands clear:
Running a successful law firm takes more than legal expertise. It requires financial mastery, strategic planning, and data-driven decision making.
The most successful
After creating 100 episodes of the Your Profitable Law Firm podcast, one truth stands clear:
Running a successful law firm takes more than legal expertise. It requires financial mastery, strategic planning, and data-driven decision making.
The most successful
💡 3 Actionable Financial Management Tips for Law Firms
This week, I've been sharing insights from our 100th podcast episode. Here are three financial management tips you can implement immediately:
✅ Track your firm's revenue and expenses monthly (not just at tax time!)
✅ Differentiate between
This week, I've been sharing insights from our 100th podcast episode. Here are three financial management tips you can implement immediately:
✅ Track your firm's revenue and expenses monthly (not just at tax time!)
✅ Differentiate between
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
💡 3 Actionable Financial Management Tips for Law Firms
This week, I've been sharing insights from our 100th podcast episode. Here are three financial management tips you can implement immediately:
✅ Track your firm's revenue and expenses monthly (not just at tax time!)
✅ Differentiate between
This week, I've been sharing insights from our 100th podcast episode. Here are three financial management tips you can implement immediately:
✅ Track your firm's revenue and expenses monthly (not just at tax time!)
✅ Differentiate between
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April 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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One of my clients was constantly dealing with payment delays and client complaints about invoices. The problem wasn't the amount—it was the clarity.
We implemented three changes:
💡 Clear fee expectations in engagement letters/retainer agreements
💡 Detailed, itemized invoices that explained the
We implemented three changes:
💡 Clear fee expectations in engagement letters/retainer agreements
💡 Detailed, itemized invoices that explained the
April 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
One of my clients was constantly dealing with payment delays and client complaints about invoices. The problem wasn't the amount—it was the clarity.
We implemented three changes:
💡 Clear fee expectations in engagement letters/retainer agreements
💡 Detailed, itemized invoices that explained the
We implemented three changes:
💡 Clear fee expectations in engagement letters/retainer agreements
💡 Detailed, itemized invoices that explained the
🎙️ SPECIAL EPISODE: 100 Practical Tips for Your Profitable Law Firm
We're celebrating our 100th podcast episode with a comprehensive guide to law firm profitability!
In this milestone episode, I share 100 actionable tips across 10 essential categories:
🔓 Financial management
🔓 Client relations
We're celebrating our 100th podcast episode with a comprehensive guide to law firm profitability!
In this milestone episode, I share 100 actionable tips across 10 essential categories:
🔓 Financial management
🔓 Client relations
April 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎙️ SPECIAL EPISODE: 100 Practical Tips for Your Profitable Law Firm
We're celebrating our 100th podcast episode with a comprehensive guide to law firm profitability!
In this milestone episode, I share 100 actionable tips across 10 essential categories:
🔓 Financial management
🔓 Client relations
We're celebrating our 100th podcast episode with a comprehensive guide to law firm profitability!
In this milestone episode, I share 100 actionable tips across 10 essential categories:
🔓 Financial management
🔓 Client relations
🐰? 🐢? In the race to financial stability, is your law firm the impulsive hare 🐰 or the methodical tortoise 🐢 ? Many firm owners I work with initially operated like the hare—sprinting through financial decisions, taking shortcuts on planning, and assuming their natural talents would ensure victory
April 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🐰? 🐢? In the race to financial stability, is your law firm the impulsive hare 🐰 or the methodical tortoise 🐢 ? Many firm owners I work with initially operated like the hare—sprinting through financial decisions, taking shortcuts on planning, and assuming their natural talents would ensure victory
How often do you review your firm's financial performance?
📊 A) Weekly
📊 B) Monthly
📊 C) Quarterly
📊 D) Only when there's a problem
Understanding your numbers is the first step to improving them! Share your approach below.
#LawFirmFinance #FinancialManagement #ProfitableLawFirm
📊 A) Weekly
📊 B) Monthly
📊 C) Quarterly
📊 D) Only when there's a problem
Understanding your numbers is the first step to improving them! Share your approach below.
#LawFirmFinance #FinancialManagement #ProfitableLawFirm
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How often do you review your firm's financial performance?
📊 A) Weekly
📊 B) Monthly
📊 C) Quarterly
📊 D) Only when there's a problem
Understanding your numbers is the first step to improving them! Share your approach below.
#LawFirmFinance #FinancialManagement #ProfitableLawFirm
📊 A) Weekly
📊 B) Monthly
📊 C) Quarterly
📊 D) Only when there's a problem
Understanding your numbers is the first step to improving them! Share your approach below.
#LawFirmFinance #FinancialManagement #ProfitableLawFirm
Strong client relationships are built on communication and trust. Here are three key financial practices that elevate your client's experience:
✅ Set clear expectations about fees and billing from the very beginning
✅ Break down invoices into understandable segments for clients
✅ Send invoices
✅ Set clear expectations about fees and billing from the very beginning
✅ Break down invoices into understandable segments for clients
✅ Send invoices
March 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Strong client relationships are built on communication and trust. Here are three key financial practices that elevate your client's experience:
✅ Set clear expectations about fees and billing from the very beginning
✅ Break down invoices into understandable segments for clients
✅ Send invoices
✅ Set clear expectations about fees and billing from the very beginning
✅ Break down invoices into understandable segments for clients
✅ Send invoices
We make a living...
Music: Driving My Car
Music: Driving My Car
March 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We make a living...
Music: Driving My Car
Music: Driving My Car
Understanding your financial statements isn't just about numbers—it's about gaining control of your law firm's future.
This week's key message: "When you understand where your profit goes, you can make intentional decisions about where it SHOULD go."
Ready to take command
This week's key message: "When you understand where your profit goes, you can make intentional decisions about where it SHOULD go."
Ready to take command
March 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Understanding your financial statements isn't just about numbers—it's about gaining control of your law firm's future.
This week's key message: "When you understand where your profit goes, you can make intentional decisions about where it SHOULD go."
Ready to take command
This week's key message: "When you understand where your profit goes, you can make intentional decisions about where it SHOULD go."
Ready to take command
This week, I've shared how your law firm's profit can disappear between your P&L and your bank statement.
Here are three practical actions to take immediately:
✅ Schedule monthly reviews of ALL financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, AND Cash Flow)
✅ Before taking owner distributions, check
Here are three practical actions to take immediately:
✅ Schedule monthly reviews of ALL financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, AND Cash Flow)
✅ Before taking owner distributions, check
March 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This week, I've shared how your law firm's profit can disappear between your P&L and your bank statement.
Here are three practical actions to take immediately:
✅ Schedule monthly reviews of ALL financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, AND Cash Flow)
✅ Before taking owner distributions, check
Here are three practical actions to take immediately:
✅ Schedule monthly reviews of ALL financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, AND Cash Flow)
✅ Before taking owner distributions, check
A client came to me panicked: "I made $300K in profit last year, but I only have $20K in the bank and owe $60K in taxes!"
When we reviewed her financials, we found:
💰 She'd taken $150K in owner distributions
💰 Paid down $50K in student loans
💰 Bought $30K in office furniture and equipment
💰 Had
When we reviewed her financials, we found:
💰 She'd taken $150K in owner distributions
💰 Paid down $50K in student loans
💰 Bought $30K in office furniture and equipment
💰 Had
March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A client came to me panicked: "I made $300K in profit last year, but I only have $20K in the bank and owe $60K in taxes!"
When we reviewed her financials, we found:
💰 She'd taken $150K in owner distributions
💰 Paid down $50K in student loans
💰 Bought $30K in office furniture and equipment
💰 Had
When we reviewed her financials, we found:
💰 She'd taken $150K in owner distributions
💰 Paid down $50K in student loans
💰 Bought $30K in office furniture and equipment
💰 Had
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March 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Ever wondered where your law firm's profit went? This week's podcast tackles the common frustration of owing taxes on profit that seems to have vanished from your bank account.
✅ Why profit doesn't equal cash in the bank
✅ How to read your P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
✅ Where your
✅ Why profit doesn't equal cash in the bank
✅ How to read your P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
✅ Where your
March 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ever wondered where your law firm's profit went? This week's podcast tackles the common frustration of owing taxes on profit that seems to have vanished from your bank account.
✅ Why profit doesn't equal cash in the bank
✅ How to read your P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
✅ Where your
✅ Why profit doesn't equal cash in the bank
✅ How to read your P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
✅ Where your
"My tax person says I owe money for last year's profit, but my bank account is empty!"
Sound familiar? In this week's podcast, I explain where your law firm's profit actually goes and why it doesn't always equal cash in the bank.
⭐ The mystery of disappearing profit
⭐ Understanding the three
Sound familiar? In this week's podcast, I explain where your law firm's profit actually goes and why it doesn't always equal cash in the bank.
⭐ The mystery of disappearing profit
⭐ Understanding the three
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"My tax person says I owe money for last year's profit, but my bank account is empty!"
Sound familiar? In this week's podcast, I explain where your law firm's profit actually goes and why it doesn't always equal cash in the bank.
⭐ The mystery of disappearing profit
⭐ Understanding the three
Sound familiar? In this week's podcast, I explain where your law firm's profit actually goes and why it doesn't always equal cash in the bank.
⭐ The mystery of disappearing profit
⭐ Understanding the three