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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It is awesome for the profession to have an entire book written on Legal KPI's!

Connie Brenton
Connie Brenton
Founder and CEO
LegalOps.com
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Mori is one of the smartest guys I've ever worked with... this is bound to be a must read.

Jason Smith
Jason Smith
Senior Principal, Strategy & Transformation
Conga
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I just read the recent article “Law Firm KPIs: The Professional’s Handbook for Pricing, Productivity, Profitability,” and it feels like a must-read for any firm serious about growth.

Sarah Tetlow
Sarah Tetlow
CEO and Founder
Legal Operations,Legal Department,Book

The launch of resources like your Legal Operations KPIs book are proving instrumental. They’re helping legal teams across the region better align with business goals, navigate local challenges, and drive measurable improvements.

Abel Lopez Campo
Abel Lopez Campo
Founding Partner
LND Consultoria
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Excellent to bring Law Firm KPIs adapted to the Brazilian context. I liked the focus on pricing, productivity and profitability. This speaks volumes to how AI can support real-time measurements and decisions.

Leo Toco
Leo Toco
Founder & CEO
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Love this, Mori! You are King of the KPIs.

Harrison Underwood
Harrison Underwood
Founder, President
Brickell Global Legal
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If you think about KPI within Legal - THIS IS YOUR book

Christoph Ehemann
Christoph Ehemann
Head of Legal Operations
Schaeffler Group
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Invaluable legal operations resource! A lot of people talk about KPI's in the legal industry/legal operations, but this book provides a detailed, solid foundation for readers who want to put theory into practice. As the saying goes, "you can't improve what you don't measure," and this book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to measure performance and optimize legal operations. Mori Kabiri is universally regarded as an authority on this topic, and I'm grateful he and his team took the time to share his wisdom in writing!

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Amazon Customer
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Legal Operations KPIs is a well-balanced book, easy to read and understand to the point. I loved all the charts, facts and figures to help understand better , very useful for the legal field.

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Marzeeyeh shirazi
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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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