Are You Ready for A Life of Prosperity and Ease?
All Women Lawyers Deserve to be Wealthy Women Lawyers.
It’s a bold statement, I know. And, yet, it’s true.
All the women lawyers I know work too damn hard serving their clients, their communities and their families not to be able to enjoy the fruits of all their labor. You’ve invested so much time, energy and treasure in your education, in learning how to be excellent at what you do, and now, in your law firm business. At what point are you going to allow yourself to reap the rewards?
What if, every Monday morning, instead of being filled with dread, you leapt out of bed, excited to start your day, knowing you could make the kind of impact you want to make not just on your life, but the lives of so many others—all without doing #allthethings you hate to do?
- Hate going to court? What if you didn’t have to?
- Hate making a gazillion decisions about every little detail in your business? What if you didn’t have to?
- Hate being the bottleneck that keeps your law firm stuck in the low six figures? What if all of that changed?
How would it feel to live a life where you not only had the money to do everything you’ve ever wanted to do–like travel, explore other business ventures, or spend more time with your kids or S.O.–but also complete and total time freedom that only the wealthy seem to be able to afford?
If that all sounds good to you, keep reading…
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
“I’m so tired of doing everything myself, but I don’t have time to teach anyone else. I’m too busy!”
“I want to hire, but right now everything is so unorganized. I’d hate to bring another attorney into this mess.”
“I know I need ‘systems’ but I’m not sure exactly what that means or where to start. I’m so confused!”
“I tried hiring a team but I’m still the bottleneck. It seems no one can do anything right unless I’m involved.”
“I don’t know how to get everything out of my head into someone else’s head. It’s faster just to do it myself!”
Every single day, my inbox and message app are flooded with women law firm owners who are struggling with:
- Unconscious negative "money stories" that keep them broke.
- Fear of hiring other lawyers because they worry about being able to afford to pay them.
- Uncertainty around how to effectively grow and manage an A+ team. (It's not like you haven't tried!)
- Confusion about what ‘systems’ they need to scale their law firm business. (Are we talking about "workflows" here or do we need other systems?)
- Anxiety about finding time in their already too-packed schedules to implement of "systems."
- Fear of failing (or people seeing them fail) because they don’t have it all figured out already.
- Uncertainty about how to get out of the ‘feast or famine’ cycle and create a steady cash flow.
- Exhaustion from working too much and doing #allthethings all by themselves.
Maybe you’ve just assumed fear, worry, anxiety, confusion and exhaustion are all just par for the course when you own and operate a law firm business. Certainly, that’s what many other law firm owners will tell you. Maybe you’ve been told it’s even “normal” to struggle hard—that nothing valuable comes without sacrifice and suffering, least of all success in business.
Sadly, I’ve known too many who have bought into this belief without considering that:
You can make a different choice.
You don’t have to suffer to succeed.
You can’t know what you don’t know.
Although it’s not widely discussed, here are the facts about women in law…
Although women account for 49% of attorneys in law firms, only 19% are equity partners–and those are by and large white women.
Women of color are especially underrepresented in law firms, accounting for only 16% of entry-level attorneys, 10% of senior associates, 3% of equity partners, and 4% of managing partners.
Only 44 percent of women believe they can have both career success and quality personal lives as compared to 60 percent of men! (Perhaps its because we are doing ALL the mental work at home.)
3 MISCONCEPTIONS THAT KEEPS PEOPLE FROM TAKING ACTION
Misconception #1: If I just keep at it, I’ll figure it out eventually.
What you need to know: The truth is, you might figure some things out eventually, but at what cost? How many of your “maximum earning potential” years will you continue to overwork and underearn before you finally decide enough is enough? And will you burnout before then? For every year you do not take action to systemize your law firm business, you’ll likely leave hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table. What is the opportunity cost of that decision?
Misconception #2: I need to make a lot more money before I can afford to hire a team and set up systems.
What you need to know: What if I told you, it’s the opposite? You will never make the kind of money you want to make in your law firm business unless you set up systems and hire a team to help you implement them. How do I know? Because I’ve not only been in your shoes, but I’ve mentored, advised and coached hundreds of women law firm owners to scale their law firm businesses. Every single one who has done so successfully chose to make the investment in their business growth before they felt financially prepared. They knew what got them to the first level would not get them to the next.
Misconception #3: I want to set up systems, but I don’t have the time! (And I can’t hire any other attorneys until I do.)
What you need to know: One of women law firm owners’ biggest misconceptions is they need to have all systems high and tight before they hire a team—particularly other attorneys. Why? Because they are afraid other attorneys are going to see their mess and run for the hills!
This is a lie you are telling yourself so you don’t have to leave your comfort zone–you know the one where you get to control every little detail in your business.
Your job as the law firm owner is to hire people to help you do all those things you feel you don’t have “time” to do. If you don’t stop clinging to your to-do list like it’s a life-preserver and start loosening up the need to control every single detail and get it all perfect before you ask for help, you likely will never achieve the level of success you desire. As a wise mentor once told me: “You can control all the details or you can grow, but you cannot do both.”
WHAT WEALTHY WOMEN LAWYERS KNOW IS…
It’s not your work ethic—putting in endless hours on the job—that gets you up and over the $1M mark, it’s working smarter by leveraging your time, your energy and your resources.
If you haven’t read my books, listened to my podcast, or watched any of my webinars, then let me introduce myself…
HI, I’M DAVINA FREDERICK
LAWYER, TWO-TIME AUTHOR, PODCASTER, AND FOUNDER OF WEALTHY WOMAN LAWYER, LLC.
Wealthy Woman Lawyer® is a law firm growth strategy and business coaching company that helps women law firm owners create economic power, impact thousands of people with the important work they do and become financially free so they can live their lives to the fullest—all without overworking themselves to death in the process.
In 2007, fresh out of law school, I hung my shingle with…
- No legal experience
- No mentors (or lawyers in my family)
- Very little experience as a business owner
- $5,000 in start-up capital I’d scrimped and saved to acquire (gone after rent, furniture, equipment, software, and membership fees)
- No social media accounts (FB was only three years old and Instagram wasn’t even born yet)
- A bunch of naysayers who thought I was nuts
- $80,000 in law school loans
- And no backup plan
Oh, and did I mention The Great Recession that began only 2 months after I opened my new office’s doors?!
Still, with my rudimentary marketing system–lots of rubber chicken dinners and some cold calling to other attorneys–I grew my practice quickly, which allowed me to bring in a partner, hire a team, and move into a more luxurious location.
Before long, I was a senior partner, managing attorney, firm administrator, litigator, and unofficial therapist of my team and clients and I felt…
- Overworked
- Overwhelmed
- Exhausted
But I kept at it, trying to ignore those negative feelings. I’d always been taught that when the going gets tough, you just work harder until it gets better, so that’s what I did. But it didn’t get better.
Truthfully, I probably would have continued to ignore my feelings for a long time and persevere despite my misgivings, but as the old saying goes:
“God whispers, and when you ignore him, he starts throwing bricks…”
BRICK #1
One day, my husband came home and told me his successful business of almost two decades was going under because he lost his biggest client. As a result, we would need to file for bankruptcy. I was stunned. I could not believe he kept it from me for so long.
BRICK #2
On top of that, he said he was having a mid-life crisis and wasn’t sure he wanted to remain in our marriage. He wanted to upend his entire life because, he too, was feeling the effects of working 12-to-14-hour days, 7 days a week, and it was not good.
BRICK #3
Because of all the stress, I had gained a significant amount of weight, was not sleeping well, and felt like crap. Both my mental and physical health took a nosedive, and my doctors wanted to put me on medications.
Ultimately, we made decisions to walk away from all but our marriage and start over. This included selling out my share of my law firm business to my partner. It was not easy to leave what I had built or to face the uncertainty of our future, but I knew I was on the right path when I felt profound relief instead of sad.
After several months of healing, both physically and emotionally, working on my marriage with my spouse, and working in (and working out in) our new gym business, in 2011, I once again launched a law firm business–this one entirely virtual and transactional. I vowed I would do everything differently because I knew the way I had built my first law firm business, though profitable, was not sustainable.
Here are the steps I took:
STEP #1 ASKED FOR HELP
Since I wasn’t sure exactly how to do that, I began by hiring a high-ticket business coach, even though…
- I didn’t have a full-time job or a steady income.
- My business was brand new, and I wasn’t sure how I would pay for the program.
- My husband wasn’t thrilled about me spending the money, especially given our recent financial troubles.
The only thing I knew is that I could not start over without more support and guidance, AND it was time to start investing more in myself and what I truly wanted—not some idea of what I thought others expected of me.
Although that coaching experience did not help me create my million-dollar business in a year, it showed me there was a different way to be successful, one that did not require me to sacrifice everything else in life that was important to me.
STEP #2 UPLEVELED MY MINDSET
When that program ended, I hire my next high-ticket coach who worked with me one-to-one (and invested more than ever). That coach helped me realize the biggest obstacle holding me back were my limiting beliefs around money. Beliefs like…
“The harder you work, the more money you make.”
“If I want it done right, I guess I’ll just have to do it myself!”
“No one will do ‘it’ as good as I will.” (No matter what ‘it’ is.)
STEP #3 ADDRESSED MY KNOWLEDGE GAP
My third high-ticket coach taught me business principles and everything about the power of building a systems-driven business including…
- The leverage it creates.
- The exponential financial gain.
- And, especially, the time freedom.
My new mantra became: “The less I do, the more I create.”
While I made a lot of money in my first law firm, it nearly cost me everything dear to me, including my health and my marriage.
It took me investing thousands of dollars into three high-ticket coaches and years to put all the pieces of the business puzzle together. I would never advise you to do the same. Not only is it costly and time-consuming, but it is completely unnecessary.
Why? Because, in a minute, I’m going to share with you how I can help you not only uplevel your mindset, but fill in your knowledge gap for a tiny fraction of what I invested. Once you understand how to implement the power of leverage in your own law firm business, you’ll have an insanely unfair advantage over just about everybody else in your niche.
But first, I just wanted to share with you what my life is like today:
My husband and I are still married and happier than ever before. In fact, we just celebrated our 19th anniversary! We love to hang out with our English bulldog puppy at home and to travel at every opportunity.
My second law firm business thrived for six years before I decided to shift my focus entirely to business coaching. While some people love to run more than one business, I love the freedom that comes from not turning every passion or interest into a business–and being able to follow my heart without destroying my financial wellbeing!
In 2013, I created my own strategic business planning and coaching company for serviced-based professionals, which I eventually niched down to serving only women law firm owners like myself. By focusing exclusively on Wealthy Woman Lawyer, LLC, I’ve been able to help hundreds of women law firm owners scale their law firm businesses and create economic power. In addition, I’d created the Wealthy Woman Lawyer Podcast, founded the Wealthy Woman Lawyer League (my group coaching program), developed two programs for women law firm owners, and written and published two books.
The best part? I did all of this without sacrificing time I don’t have, my personal health and wellbeing, or relationships with people I love.
If you are ready to grow your business in a way that not only provides financial security and independence but also time freedom, then there’s no time like the present to jump in with both feet!
Let’s go…
INTRODUCING
How to systematize your law firm business in as little as 90 days so you can work less, earn more, and live the life of a Wealthy Woman Lawyer® with total ease.
This 12-week online program is packed with training videos, audio, templates, checklists, and cheat sheets to help you create a law firm business that serves your goals, whether that’s to own a brick-and-mortar firm with your name on the door, or a virtual law firm you can access on the go.
BY THE END OF THIS COURSE YOU’LL KNOW:
The 7 Essential Law Firm Systems every law firm needs to scale to and thru $1M in annual revenue.
The 7-Step Systems Set-up Formula to capture institutional knowledge stored in your brain and transfer it to your team with ease.
How to stop chasing and start attracting ideal clients you love to serve, who pay in full and on-time!
How to remove yourself from time-consuming, costly consultations with my 5-Step “Consultations to Clients” Sales Formula
Exactly what is missing from your service fulfillment process and what to do if you want to stand out in a crowded marketplace and generate 5-star reviews on autopilot.
How to “train” your clients to provide ongoing feedback so you can make improvements to your processes over time.
Nine reasons we keep bad employees, 10 good reasons to fire them ASAP, and everything you need to know to culivate a team of A+ performers.
What you likely are not thinking about (but should be) when it comes to the technology tools you are using today—and why it may be putting your law license and law firm business in jeopardy.
Which business billing model is right for you and your business (not all are), and the “Make More Money” Formula you’ll want to implement if you want to get to 7 figures fast.
RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT
When you apply the Scale to 7 Law Firm System Solution to your law firm business systems, you can expect…
CONFIDENCE in your processes, procedures and outcomes for your clients. No more worrying about important tasks falling through the cracks, leaving you vulnerable to bad reviews, Bar complaints, or malpractice lawsuits.
CONSISTENCY throughout your law firm business no matter how many team members are involved in producing results for your clients. You can expand with confidence, knowing all your systems are in place and can be taught repeatedly to qualified employees.
SECURITY, not just in your technology, but in knowing that you have best practices in place to protect not only you and your law firm, but your employees, and importantly, your clients’ confidential matters.
FREEDOM. At last, you finally will have a firm set up to help you elevate yourself to true CEO status, giving you complete freedom in how you choose to spend your time and invest your wealth.
Results My Clients Have Experienced in Implementing a Systems-Driven Law Firm Business
Autumn Beck Blackledge, Esq.
"Exponential growth with complete ease."
“Davina has facilitated growth in my firm in the past eight months in every single aspect of my practice. She has coached me to increase revenue, build a team, shift my mindset and obtain a new level of balance. She has done all of this by holding me accountable and consistent, but the exponential growth has been with complete ease. Hire her. Do not hesitate.”
Joycelyn Brown, Esq.
"I recommend Davina to anyone..."
“When you sign up with Wealthy Woman Lawyer®, you sign on to commitment of bettering yourself and your law firm. More importantly, Davina Frederick commits to helping you achieve your goals at a pace that is challenging and realistic. When you put in the work, Davina gives you tremendous insight and makes sure you see the results. I recommend Davina to anyone who is serious about getting assistance to grow their business.”
Michele Velez Lebron, Esq
"More than doubled my firm's revenue"
“If you are looking for help growing or managing your small law firm, I HIGHLY recommend Davina Frederick! Davina worked with me for 24 weeks, and we more than doubled (almost tripled) my firm’s revenue since before I started with her. She is very business savvy and knows how to help you over any roadblocks (whether they are your own mental roadblocks or obstacles thrown in your path). She helped me stay focused and on track to reach my goals. I recommend her without reservation.”
Nicola Robinson, Esq.
"You will not regret your decision..."
“If you are a female law firm owner and want to grow beyond you just slaving away at your desk, hire Davina! She is fantastic and really creates a great safe space where female firm owners can really learn from one another and express some of the challenges unique to women. I learned a lot about my firm and myself. You will not regret your decision to work with her. Just wanted to say thank you for the Wealthy Women Lawyer League. I’m getting so much value from it!!”
Charlotte Fernee Kelly, Esq.
"The women in the group are inspiring!"
“I am very grateful the program is flexible. Honestly, for me, that was the push to sign up. The materials are valuable, and deserve focused attention, contemplation, for meaningful application. The women in the group are inspiring! Helped me realize I’m not thinking big enough, and that I can also make it happen!”
Anila Rasul, Esq.
"Working with Davina has been the best business decision."
“As a new business owner and new mother, I started working with Davina at a time in my life when my needs were tall but my resources were slim. She immediately helped me streamline my goals and devise a realistic plan to achieve them. Her approach was always unique and effective. I value her insight and trust her advice implicitly. Working with Davina has been the best business decision I’ve made to date.”
WHAT’S INSIDE…
If you are feeling overworked, overwhelmed, and undervalued because you are trying to do #allthethings yourself in your law firm business, and you are ready now to take the first step toward transformation from “small” to having it ALL with total ease, then this 12-week online course is for you! Here’s what you’ll discover in each module…
IN ADDITION TO THE LAW FIRM SYSTEM SOLUTIONS COURSE, YOU’LL ALSO RECEIVE 3 VALUE-PACKED BONUSES!
IF YOU ARE READY TO TAKE ACTION NOW, I’d love to send you a personalized, autographed copy of my latest book. In it, I lay out all 7 of the essential systems every law firm needs, and we take a deep dive into each. This book is a terrific companion for the Scale to 7 Law Firm Systems Solution course, because, if you are like me, you like to have a quick reference guide handy while you are working on setting up your sytems.
My clients LOVE the 2022 Tech Guide to Automate Your Small Law Firm because in it, I share 100+ of my favorite tech tools and resources for small law firms that want to automate as much as possible in their law firm businesses. No more searching attorney Facebook groups looking for that thread someone started months ago about the latest and greatest tech tool they discovered! Now you’ll have exactly what you need at your fingertips.
NEW. NEW. NEW. The Scale to 7 Law Firm Systems Solution 12-Step System to Hire A+ Employees for Law Firms is a step-by-step guide to help you and your firm hire great employees. It’s not uncommon to hear law firm owners complain that cultivating a high-performance team is the most challenging obstacle to scaling their law firm businesses. I hear you! That’s why I’ve created this mini-training and workbook exclusively for participants in the this course. Implement this system and your hiring process will improve dramatically and soon you’ll be managing a team of hard-working, loyal employees.
THAT’S A LOT OF VALUE! TO RECAP, HERE’S EVERYTHING THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE
LAW FIRM SYSTEMS SOLUTION
If you have finally had enough of being disorganized in your law practice, worried about something important slipping thru the cracks, and feeling like you are leaving money on the table because of a lack of efficiency, then the time to act is NOW.
ARE YOU READY FOR RESULTS LIKE THESE?
Angelik Edmonds, Esq.
"I have seen an increase in firm revenue..."
“I highly recommend the Wealthy Woman Lawyer program for any law firm owner seeking to develop an understanding of the business side of firm management. I began the program during my second year of business to scale and hire employees. Through the class and weekly strategy calls, I have been able to hire an experienced full-time case manager, transition from flat fee to more lucrative payment structures, and spend my time on higher value tasks through delegation. I have seen an increase in firm revenue during our (traditionally) slowest quarter by implementing practical skills and a fundamental mind shift from ‘expense to investment.’ I now actively ask myself, “is this the highest and best use of my time.” Davina is a talented business coach, and she leverages her business and lawyer skills to help you get to 7 figures. Well worth it!“
SaKinna Thomas, Esq.
"Renewed energy and new hope in the possibilities"
When I reached out…about joining the Wealthy Woman Lawyer community I was at a critical point in my personal life and my career. My daughter was just diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and given a long list of therapies to immediately enroll her in, along with educational classes for myself and my husband…to help her in her journey. Like many mothers, I had begun to tell myself that once again I had to put my personal goals to the side, which included growing my practice, and step into my new role as a mom of a special needs child. I had started looking at government jobs that may be more flexible with my new lifestyle and new schedule… that’s how much I thought it was going to be impossible.
I am so glad you told me how the program would create systems and help me with both growing my firm and opening my time to spend the needed time with my child during her therapies. Once I began to implement some of your systems, I was able to grow my profits, I am adding an associate, and I still have time to be at all of my daughter’s essential therapies. I have a renewed energy and new hope in the possibilities that are in store for my firm when just a year ago I was ready to take down my “shingle.”
Cassidy Loutos, Esq.
"Hiring Davina as my coach was the best decision I made..."
Not only does a course with Davina inspire action, the most important thing she will do is help you with your mindset. Now, with her help, I am:
• Learning how to make DECISIONS without being paralyzed by the amount of choices and information available;
• Learning how to DELEGATE as I cannot do it alone or all by myself.;
• Learning how to hold myself accountable;
• Learning to push past my limiting beliefs;
• Learning how to cultivate my brand; and
• Learning how to love being a business owner and to use this business as a tool for accomplishing my wildest dreams.
The reason I wrote this long review is because I thoroughly enjoy working with Davina and wanted you to know how she has helped turn this practice around. If you are struggling and are considering coaching with Davina, go ahead and take the leap. You won’t regret it.”
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF LAW FIRM SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Truthfully, it may not be. This program is not for everyone. It’s not for you if you:
- Don’t own a law firm business you want to scale.
- Don’t feel exhausted and on the verge of burnout from trying to do everything yourself.
- Are happy with the systems you already have.
- Aren’t ready to change the way you are currently running your law firm business.
- Aren’t willing to shift your priorities from working all the time “in” your business to setting up systems to help you operate more efficiently in the long term.
- Aren’t worried about something important falling thru the cracks because of a lack of organized systems.
- Aren’t willing to invest in help to solve your systems problem.
However, Law Firm Systems Solution is an excellent choice for you if:
- You are a woman law firm owner who wants to scale your law firm business to and thru $1M, and you are not there yet.
- You are tired of doing everything yourself, and you are ready to explore a new and better way.
- You are willing to invest time and energy each week engaging with the resources we have provided for you, and applying these systems and strategies to your business.
- You have big goals and dreams for your business and your life, and when you say “I’m willing to do anything to be successful,” you actually mean it—not “anything but invest X dollars” or “anything but invest X hours a week into learning new solutions,” or “anything but being open-minded to new solutions.”
- You are so tired of doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same (not great) results.
- You are ready to get started yesterday on transforming your law firm business into a systems-driven, wealth-generating machine!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When will I have access to the material?
You will have immediate access to Module 1, Module 2 and Module 2A. The remaining content will be dripped out weekly (every seven days). Why do we do this? We’ve tried it both ways—delivering it all at once and dripping it out weekly—and we’ve found our clients are more successful when we help them move at an even pace through the content. Otherwise, ambitious women that you all are, you’ll likely try to rush thru and absorb everything at once and then get frustrated when you can’t because there’s simply too many details!
How much time should I set aside per week?
Each module is about an hour, give or take a few minutes. The homework, though, may take you longer. Why? Because it is not “homework” just for homework’s sake. The materials, cheat sheets, guides, templates and models are designed to help you get a jump start on setting up your own systems in the way that works best for you and your team. If you follow our method, though, you won’t be doing it all by yourself. In fact, we don’t recommend that!
How do I ask questions or get feedback during the program?
Simply send an email to support@wealthywomanlawyer.com, and we’ll get back with you as soon as reasonably possible.
What is your refund policy?
Do to the nature of the program, we do not offer refunds at this time. If you want to buy because you are “just curious,” then please don’t. This program is only for those commited to their success.
How long do I have access to the course?
You have the ability to download the materials and have lifetime access.
How many months should it take me to complete?
How long it takes you to complete this course and your systems set-up is entirely up to you. We recommend you watch at least one module a week and work through the homework assignments. However, that pace may be way to intense for some. It may be that you need to spend a whole month addressing just one system–or even more. Don’t get into your head about it. This is not a race. Systems evolve over time just as we do. Just start where you are and schedule in time each week to work on making progress. Soon, you’ll be operating your law firm with greater organization and efficiency than you ever expected!
Is there a payment plan?
Yes. When you click the “Enroll Now” button on this page, you’ll be taken to the shopping cart with your payment options including a pay-in-full option (save almost $200!) and a two-pay option, whichever works best for your budget.
Where Could Your Law Firm Business Be in 90 Days if You Take Action Today?
LAW FIRM SYSTEMS SOLUTION
If you have finally had enough of being disorganized in your law practice, worried about something important slipping thru the cracks, and feeling like you are leaving money on the table because of a lack of efficiency, then the time to act is NOW.
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