Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Data Migration Isn’t Quick - It’s Expensive, Painful, and Risky #legalaccounting #lawfirms

7 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Law firms face major headaches migrating data to new systems. The process is slow, expensive, and risky, with migration lag disrupting billing cycles and bonus timing. Careful planning and timing are essential to avoid widespread dissatisfaction.

Attorneys are looking for a quick solution quite often, you know, and there, there is no one-size-fits-all here.
Data migration is not quick. It's expensive. It's painful. It's something you got to pay attention to because when it moves over, there's going to be a lag in time and you're going to not be able to bill on XYZ date, which is going to make everybody upset if they're all waiting for their bonuses. You really have to think about the timing of this.
Mm-hmm.
And then you had to make sure everybody moves over, 'cause we've had that happen where somebody was still working in the old method. Oh boy. And then doing the new method and like, why is this taking her so long? And like, oh my God, she was doing both.