The Relationship between Value and Profit

The basic premise of my search for the Grand Unified Theory of Legal Value has been that Value is the gap between what you Invest and the Benefit you receive in a particular transaction. Otherwise stated: Value = Benefit – Investment My discussion so far has focused...

Waste: Investment without Benefit

In my last post I kicked off my search for the Grand Unified Theory of Legal Value by proposing a simple equation: Value = Benefit – Investment In other words, Value is the gap between what you Invest and the Benefit you receive in a particular transaction. I also...

Defining Value

As long as I’ve been practicing law, and certainly since the recent recession, I’ve heard much talk about “value” without a satisfactory explanation of what value is. You’ve heard it too: Clients talk about “getting more value for...

Hello World

After several years away from blogging I’ve decided to give it another go with a new subject and an outrageous goal: to develop a Grand Unified Theory of Legal Value.™ I’ve spent years in operations, in legal practice, and in legal operations, always in...