Law firms
Partnerships and professional corporations that need clearer direction, better systems, and a technology agenda that fits the practice.
- Managing partners
- CEOs and COOs
- Directors of legal operations
- CIOs / CTOs
- Heads of innovation
Who we work with
Three kinds of organization. One set of pressures.
Professional independence, client protection, confidentiality, and the economics of a practice shape every recommendation.
ABS organizations
Licensed structures with nonlawyer ownership or decision-making authority, and the governance and compliance obligations that come with them.
- ABS owners
- ABS compliance lawyers
- CEOs and COOs
- General counsel
Legal-service organizations and their investors
Legal-service businesses, and the investors and strategic partners evaluating them, that need an independent view of governance, operations, and risk.
- Investors and strategic partners
- CEOs and COOs
- General counsel
- Heads of innovation
Context
What is an Alternative Business Structure?
In Arizona, an ABS is a business entity that includes nonlawyers with an economic interest or decision-making authority in the firm and that provides legal services under the Arizona Supreme Court's rules.
ABS organizations are licensed and regulated by the Arizona Supreme Court under Arizona Code of Judicial Administration § 7-209. Each must designate a Compliance Lawyer and perform a semi-annual internal compliance audit.
Koers is a consulting firm, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice.
Problems we address
The questions that bring legal organizations to Koers.
- ABS external audits
- Governance and regulatory controls
- Scalable compliance systems
- AI strategy and governance
- AI vendor selection
- Legal workflow automation
- Technology-stack assessments
- Intake and matter workflow redesign
- Management reporting and KPI systems
Flagship services
Two flagship services
Each has a published framework, a clear process, and a deliverable a board can act on.