Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

The Exponential Return of Retaining Good Employees #legalaccounting #lawfirms #cfo

12 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, the speaker emphasizes that law firms—particularly those focused on family and estate planning—experience exponential returns by investing in employee retention. By keeping a good team happy through bonuses, retirement contributions, or forward‑looking compensation plans, firms avoid the costly and time‑consuming process of constantly searching for new talent. The speaker argues that such investments are worthwhile and can significantly reduce hiring burdens, ultimately benefiting the firm’s bottom line.

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There are exponential returns in not having to look for more people, because I can tell you so many of our law firms, especially in the family and estate planning space, are struggling to find good people. Mm-hmm. Keeping your team happy, if you've got a good team, is more than worth that investment at the end of the year, whether it's bonuses or maybe it's putting into retirement for them, or maybe it's looking into compensation for next year and preempting some of that. Whatever that looks like for you, your team is a great place for investment at the end of the True. Yeah.