Axioms for Efficient Firms #3: Dar La Cara

9 January, 2015

The Axioms for Efficient Firms are core values espoused by the founders of Filevine that they believe guide legal professionals to a more productive practice. For us, “Dar La Cara” carries a unique significance. Learn how this principle can help you in your law firm. Dar = to give. La cara = one’...

Axioms for Efficient Firms #2: Muddle Through Complexity

7 January, 2015

The Axioms for Efficient Firms are core values espoused by the founders of Filevine that they believe guide legal professionals to a more productive practice. To both Ryan and Nathan, the axiom to “muddle through complexity” carries a unique significance. Learn how this principle can help you in you...

4 Reasons Dropbox Fails for Attorneys

5 January, 2015

Attorneys are falling in love with the cloud. Thousands of documents, once relegated to the dusty files and records room, are now available from any of your computers and devices at any time. We’re able to share and collaborate like never before. It’s the future: it’s understandable that we’d get a...

Easy New Year’s Resolutions, Part 3: Resolve Against Willpower

3 January, 2015

In our Easy New Years’ Resolution series we’ve invited you to rest and focus. To finish up we’d like to take a step back. Call it a meta-resolution, if you will. Resolve Against Willpower Well, ok: I really mean we should resolve to support our willpower — which means...

Easy New Year’s Resolutions, Part 2: Give Up Multitasking

2 January, 2015

We want to face New Years’ resolutions differently this year. Instead of pretending you’ve got the might of Hercules or discipline of a monk, we’re giving you back-up to do the things you already secretly wanted to do — but didn’t think you could get away with. And don’t worry — it will improve your...

Easy New Year’s Resolutions, Part 1: Resolve to Rest

1 January, 2015

Welcome to the New Year, the holy day for our patron saint Willpower. This is the time we look to willpower to fix our lives, including our work performance. But this year, we invite you to use that willpower for something other than outlandish tasks like giving up sugar or sculpting washboard abs. ...