Legal Operations KPIs, Second Edition

Legal Value, Spend, and Performance

Use the power of legal data to measure legal value, control spend, and improve performance. This expanded and updated Second Edition helps legal operations professionals, General Counsel, in-house legal teams, finance partners, and law firm leaders move beyond activity tracking and build metrics that support real decisions.

Language note: The Second Edition is currently available in English only. Spanish and Portuguese book editions are First Edition translations.

Legal Operations KPIs Book, Second Edition
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The book addresses the challenge of turning legal work into a more measurable, strategic part of the business through the use of data analytics. With a clear focus on metrics and KPIs, legal professionals with the tools to not only interpret data but also understand the decisions it supports. This is a comprehensive resource for those looking to improve performance, offering detailed metrics, reporting strategies, best practices, and practical insights that can be applied across the legal profession.

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Scott B. Seymann
Scott B. Seymann
Compliance Attorney
LegalFi
Book

Legal Operations KPIs addresses the critical challenge of transforming legal departments from traditional cost centers into dynamic business units, all through data analysis. This book fills a significant gap in the legal field by focusing on specific metrics and KPIs that not only break down the data but also reveal the stories behind it.

Alejandro Portilla
Alejandro Portilla
Lawyer
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Your hard work and dedication to its development are truly appreciated. Thank you for creating a valuable resource, and I look forward to exploring the insights and knowledge it holds.

Anil Kona
Anil Kona
Executive Director, COO
Covasant
Book,Legal Operations,Legal Department

Legal Operations KPIs points to one of the most important challenges in my day-to-day work: understanding the efficiency and quality of our service and how we can demonstrate the value we deliver, especially through KPIs. KPIs in the legal space are often a challenge, balancing the objective with the subjective. This book offers not only practical tools to understand, calculate, and apply these indicators, but is also useful for both beginners and experts in the field.

Nicolas Panigutti
Nicolas Panigutti
Legal Manager
Santander
Book,Legal Operations

This is the new metrics bible for Legal Ops!

Teresa S.
Teresa S.
Director, Head of Legal Operations
Brex
Book,Law Firm,Implementation

In a rapidly evolving legal market, Law Firm KPIs by Mori Kabiri is the book many of us in legal finance and analytics have been waiting for. As Director of FP&A, I routinely face the challenge of translating mountains of firm data into insight, strategy, and action. Kabiri’s book provides not only a taxonomy of over 80 clearly defined KPIs but a much-needed framework for turning law firm data into a shared language of performance and value. The book’s value lies in three core strengths: 1. Clarity and Practicality: Each KPI is laid out with definition, calculation, data sources, pitfalls, trend insights, and improvement strategies. Whether you're assessing realization, partner profitability, or AI adoption rates, the format allows for immediate application without wading through unnecessary academic detail. 2. Audience-Aware Structure: Kabiri understands the varied roles within a law firm—from managing partners to HR and legal ops—and aligns each metric to its relevant stakeholders. This makes it easier to drive cross-functional alignment. 3. Forward-Thinking with an Operational Backbone: Particularly impressive is the inclusion of metrics around Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), AI impact, knowledge reuse, and cost-to-serve measures like Operating Cost per Billable Hour (OCPBH).

Alina Mendoza
Alina Mendoza
Director of Management Reporting and Analytics
Holland & Knight
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Superb resource! A fantastic resource. Filled with actionable data and insights.

Colin Levy
Colin Levy
General Counsel
Malbek
Book

Thank you for this resource. Amazing!

Olga Mack
Olga Mack
CEO
Book,Legal Operations

The content is impeccably organized and holds value for those across any legal operations role.

Mandy Roberts
Mandy Roberts
Director
Paramount+
Book,Law Firm

A good complement to your initial book.

Laurie David-Henric
Laurie David-Henric
Global Head of Operations | Legal, Compliance, IP
Argenx

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