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Your firm probably has great lawyers and great legal professionals, a great administrative and finance team and a great IT department. However, consider this: Perhaps the most powerful departmental partnership in any law firm is between IT and finance. Why? This collaboration is incredibly influential when it comes to having a positive effect on the business side of running the law firm and, most important, the bottom line. When each department is functioning at 100 percent, things are good. But when each department is functioning at 100 percent and there is synergy between IT and finance, something great can happen. Conversely, if they are not functioning at their best or they are working against each
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