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t most law firms,
finance headcount
has grown faster
than revenue over
the past decade.
Billing complexity
has expanded, client guidelines have
multiplied, and leadership expects
deeper visibility into financial
performance, all while the pool of
available working capital sits locked in
a billing-to-payment pipeline that hasn't
fundamentally changed in years.
Meanwhile, the industry's AI
conversation has been almost entirely
focused somewhere else: the practice
of law.
That conversation is important.
But some of the earliest and most
measurable AI impact is happening in
the back office. Finance leaders who
engage now are gaining a meaningful
operational advantage.
