John E. Grant ⚖️
@agileattorney.com
Lawyer turned #LegalOps.
I help legal professionals build better practices with #Agile & #Kanban. I also help them break free from outdated & ineffective conventional wisdom for law practice management.
Host of the Agile Attorney Podcast. #LawSky
I help legal professionals build better practices with #Agile & #Kanban. I also help them break free from outdated & ineffective conventional wisdom for law practice management.
Host of the Agile Attorney Podcast. #LawSky
The meal is 33% smaller and 50% more generic, but only 25% less expensive.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The meal is 33% smaller and 50% more generic, but only 25% less expensive.
This week I talked with Jonah Perlin from Georgetown Law about why audience and purpose are the keys to effective legal writing — and how generative AI can be a double-edged sword if you aren’t careful. AI can help — but it can't replace the wrestle.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This week I talked with Jonah Perlin from Georgetown Law about why audience and purpose are the keys to effective legal writing — and how generative AI can be a double-edged sword if you aren’t careful. AI can help — but it can't replace the wrestle.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/67
This is always my favorite thing to see in Wordle
April 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is always my favorite thing to see in Wordle
Seems like something you’d have noticed 🤣
April 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Seems like something you’d have noticed 🤣
✈️ Is your legal work delivered on a direct flight — or with a long layover?
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
March 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
✈️ Is your legal work delivered on a direct flight — or with a long layover?
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
Speeding up your 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 with AI and automation can help… but if you’re not managing the 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 in your system, you’re still stuck at the gate.
www.agileattorney.com/61
🎙️ The ABA opinion on AI that shocked @jonathanstark.com.
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🎙️ The ABA opinion on AI that shocked @jonathanstark.com.
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Jonathan Stark has spent years helping professionals ditch hourly billing—but when I told him about a recent ABA ethics opinion on AI-assisted legal work, he was stunned.
Can you guess what it said? Find out at agileattorney.com/59
Join me this week as I sit down with Brita Long to talk flat fee pricing—not as a cure-all, but as a tool to help you manage your workload and reclaim your capacity. If you’re looking to build a more sustainable practice, this one’s for you.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
February 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Join me this week as I sit down with Brita Long to talk flat fee pricing—not as a cure-all, but as a tool to help you manage your workload and reclaim your capacity. If you’re looking to build a more sustainable practice, this one’s for you.
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/58
Your engagement agreement fulfills a tough dual role: It governs the legal relationship, but also serves as the final step in your marketing process. In this week's podcast episode I critique a real-world engagement letter and show how to make your engagement letter work.
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your engagement agreement fulfills a tough dual role: It governs the legal relationship, but also serves as the final step in your marketing process. In this week's podcast episode I critique a real-world engagement letter and show how to make your engagement letter work.
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
🎧 www.agileattorney.com/57
🎯 The counterintuitive path to higher productivity in legal practice: doing less at once
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🎯 The counterintuitive path to higher productivity in legal practice: doing less at once
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
New episode drops the science behind WIP limits + practical tools to transform your workflow. Because sometimes, the best way to do more is to do less.
🎧 Listen now: www.agileattorney.com/56
🔄 Transform your law firm's client homework process
Stop chasing documents, start building systems. New episode drops the blueprint for getting client homework done - on time, every time. www.agileattorney.com/55
Stop chasing documents, start building systems. New episode drops the blueprint for getting client homework done - on time, every time. www.agileattorney.com/55
February 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🔄 Transform your law firm's client homework process
Stop chasing documents, start building systems. New episode drops the blueprint for getting client homework done - on time, every time. www.agileattorney.com/55
Stop chasing documents, start building systems. New episode drops the blueprint for getting client homework done - on time, every time. www.agileattorney.com/55
Rediscovering wisdom from @jordanfurlong.com this morning...
February 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Rediscovering wisdom from @jordanfurlong.com this morning...
🌊 Wei Wu Wei meets modern law practice: How can lawyers accomplish more by doing less?
New episode w/ Tim Lennon explores the art of effortless action in legal work. From feedback loops to strategic preparation, discover a more sustainable way to practice.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/54
New episode w/ Tim Lennon explores the art of effortless action in legal work. From feedback loops to strategic preparation, discover a more sustainable way to practice.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/54
January 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🌊 Wei Wu Wei meets modern law practice: How can lawyers accomplish more by doing less?
New episode w/ Tim Lennon explores the art of effortless action in legal work. From feedback loops to strategic preparation, discover a more sustainable way to practice.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/54
New episode w/ Tim Lennon explores the art of effortless action in legal work. From feedback loops to strategic preparation, discover a more sustainable way to practice.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/54
🗓️ Empty calendar ≠ productivity
Learn how top lawyers use calendar blocking & bucketing to maximize their impact and better serve their clients. Game-changing time management strategies inside 👇
www.agileattorney.com/53
Learn how top lawyers use calendar blocking & bucketing to maximize their impact and better serve their clients. Game-changing time management strategies inside 👇
www.agileattorney.com/53
January 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🗓️ Empty calendar ≠ productivity
Learn how top lawyers use calendar blocking & bucketing to maximize their impact and better serve their clients. Game-changing time management strategies inside 👇
www.agileattorney.com/53
Learn how top lawyers use calendar blocking & bucketing to maximize their impact and better serve their clients. Game-changing time management strategies inside 👇
www.agileattorney.com/53
Want to supercharge your law firm's productivity? 🚀
New podcast episode: How a 15-min daily standup meeting can transform your team's capacity management and performance.
Skip the chaos between planning sessions and create daily alignment instead.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/52
New podcast episode: How a 15-min daily standup meeting can transform your team's capacity management and performance.
Skip the chaos between planning sessions and create daily alignment instead.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/52
January 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Want to supercharge your law firm's productivity? 🚀
New podcast episode: How a 15-min daily standup meeting can transform your team's capacity management and performance.
Skip the chaos between planning sessions and create daily alignment instead.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/52
New podcast episode: How a 15-min daily standup meeting can transform your team's capacity management and performance.
Skip the chaos between planning sessions and create daily alignment instead.
🎧 Listen here: www.agileattorney.com/52
This whole article features some expert-level trolling from Nigel Jaquiss, but this line stood out…
www.wweek.com/news/2025/01...
www.wweek.com/news/2025/01...
January 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This whole article features some expert-level trolling from Nigel Jaquiss, but this line stood out…
www.wweek.com/news/2025/01...
www.wweek.com/news/2025/01...
🎯 When it comes to running a successful law practice, setting goals is just the beginning. The real game-changer? A systematic approach to weekly planning and review.
Learn how to implement Agile practices that actually stick: www.agileattorney.com/51
#AgileAttorneyPodcast
Learn how to implement Agile practices that actually stick: www.agileattorney.com/51
#AgileAttorneyPodcast
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎯 When it comes to running a successful law practice, setting goals is just the beginning. The real game-changer? A systematic approach to weekly planning and review.
Learn how to implement Agile practices that actually stick: www.agileattorney.com/51
#AgileAttorneyPodcast
Learn how to implement Agile practices that actually stick: www.agileattorney.com/51
#AgileAttorneyPodcast
Phased flat fees give lawyers the ability to deliver "all the value and all the service" while keeping things predictable for the client and managing scope creep for the lawyer.
🎙️ Check out Ep 50 of the Agile Attorney Podcast for more insight.
#LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
🎙️ Check out Ep 50 of the Agile Attorney Podcast for more insight.
#LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
January 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Phased flat fees give lawyers the ability to deliver "all the value and all the service" while keeping things predictable for the client and managing scope creep for the lawyer.
🎙️ Check out Ep 50 of the Agile Attorney Podcast for more insight.
#LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
🎙️ Check out Ep 50 of the Agile Attorney Podcast for more insight.
#LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
💼 Flat fees in family law? 🔑
“They let us focus on trust and transparency—while removing the guesswork from legal pricing.” – Elise Buie
Learn how she's using phased delivery and smarter workflows to make flat fees work for lawyers and clients. #LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
“They let us focus on trust and transparency—while removing the guesswork from legal pricing.” – Elise Buie
Learn how she's using phased delivery and smarter workflows to make flat fees work for lawyers and clients. #LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
January 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
💼 Flat fees in family law? 🔑
“They let us focus on trust and transparency—while removing the guesswork from legal pricing.” – Elise Buie
Learn how she's using phased delivery and smarter workflows to make flat fees work for lawyers and clients. #LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
“They let us focus on trust and transparency—while removing the guesswork from legal pricing.” – Elise Buie
Learn how she's using phased delivery and smarter workflows to make flat fees work for lawyers and clients. #LawSky
community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-pri...
"In all unhappy situations where one is forced to engage professional services, the time comes when the bill must be paid."
The opening lines of my great-grandfather's bill for handling Hollywood Star Jane Wyman's famous divorce.
🎙️ Hear the story: community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-leg...
The opening lines of my great-grandfather's bill for handling Hollywood Star Jane Wyman's famous divorce.
🎙️ Hear the story: community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-leg...
December 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
"In all unhappy situations where one is forced to engage professional services, the time comes when the bill must be paid."
The opening lines of my great-grandfather's bill for handling Hollywood Star Jane Wyman's famous divorce.
🎙️ Hear the story: community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-leg...
The opening lines of my great-grandfather's bill for handling Hollywood Star Jane Wyman's famous divorce.
🎙️ Hear the story: community.agileattorney.com/flat-fee-leg...
From last week's Agile Attorney Podcast:
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
December 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
From last week's Agile Attorney Podcast:
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
December 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
From this week's Agile Attorney Podcast:
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
December 22, 2024 at 6:32 PM
From this week's Agile Attorney Podcast:
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
"Profit-wise, there’s no way to optimize hourly. But with flat fees, you can systematize, deliver outcomes faster, and double your effective rate."
– @jonathanstark.com
#LawPractice #LawFirm #LawSky #ValuePricing
