Name: The Case for Culture
Author: Eric Farber

About the Book

Most lawyers don’t set out to be business owners. They become business owners when they open their own law firm, and from that point forward, their work tends to become disconnected and chaotic. They’re so busy with HR, bookkeeping, and marketing that they’re lucky to have twenty minutes a day to work on cases. Many lawyers are drowning, which contributes to the profession’s unsettling levels of alcoholism, drug addiction, and depression. Eric Farber knows what it feels like to be, as he puts it, “running in scarcity.” He did it for years before discovering the secret to turning things around: putting culture first. In The Case for Culture, Eric gives lawyers the wisdom and tools they need to transform themselves and their culture. By creating a community of people and rallying them around a shared mission, you’ll build a law practice that will take care of you, not the other way around. If you want to grow your practice and be happy, it starts with culture.

Praise

“Have you ever wondered what the future will hold for law firms? The Case for Culture spells out what will be required over the next few years not just to win but to still even be in business. Ignoring what Eric teaches in The Case for Culture would be a massive business blunder.”

— Shaun Buck, founder & CEO of the Newsletter Pro

“A firm's culture is the foundation for its success or failure. Within these pages are critical ideas and concepts of how to build your firm's culture first, in ways that permanently synergize sustainable growth. Your new list of 'to-dos' will begin on page one.”

— Patrick Palace, owner of Palace Law; Executive Council, National Council for Bar Presidents; former president of Washington State Bar Association

“Being a lawyer is a truly awful job (ask me how I know), but it doesn't have to be that way. 80% of what makes it so awful could be solved if firms took the ideas in this book seriously.”

— Tucker Max co-founder, Scribe Media and 4x New York Times bestselling author

About Eric Farber

Eric Farber

Eric Farber is on a mission to change how law firms operate by showing lawyers the value of putting culture first. During his twenty-five years as a lawyer, Eric has lived the transformation from scarcity to abundance that becomes possible when you shift your perspective and prioritize people. As the CEO and chief legal officer of Pacific Workers' Compensation Law Center, Eric's focus on culture helped him build a seven-figure firm that's gone from four people to forty in just five years, been an Inc. 5000 company twice, was named to the Bay Area 100 list of fastest-growing companies, and spent two consecutive years in the top fifty of Law Firm 500.