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title: Law Firm CFO Blog | Michael Marget
description: Mike Marget is an erstwhile large law firm manager with tours of duty as COO at Katten Muchin, Jenner & Block and CFO at Holland & Knight, among others. He’s currently president of 4L Law Firm Services which provides accounting, bookkeeping and related back office services to small/midsize law firms. His blog, Law Firm CFO, is dedicated to every law firm manager who has ever asked the question, “Why me?”
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# Law Firm CFO Blog

## Featured Post Abbott Costello LLP

I was in Philadelphia recently, corner at 17th & Market Street, and overheard the following conversation. The two guys had to be lawyers:

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## WHAT’S A LAW FIRM CFO TO DO? GLOBAL STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL FRAUD & ABUSE

May 30, 2019 2:44:32 PM | Michael Marget

Thanks to all who commented favorably on 4L’s recent blog concerning internal accounting controls in law firms (Embezzlement Happens! In Law Firms, too!) or on our Internal Control Checklist ...

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## Embezzlement Happens! (In Small & Midsize Law Firms, too!)

May 20, 2019 12:37:12 PM | Michael Marget

Embezzlement, also known as employee theft, occurs when someone wrongfully appropriates funds entrusted to him or her. Employee theft occurs in big organizations despite elaborate systems and ...

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## The Art of the Numbers in Law Firm Accounting

Mar 12, 2019 11:00:00 AM | Michael Marget

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## It's Never too Late to Publish the Law Firm Budget (Part 2 of 2)

Feb 28, 2019 11:00:00 AM | Michael Marget

Let’s face it, budgeting is not exciting, but preparing the annual budget is an essential duty ...

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## It’s Never too Late to Publish the Law Firm Budget (Part 1 of 2)

Feb 21, 2019 4:23:30 PM | Michael Marget

Are you a law firm CFO experiencing signs of procrastination, insomnia, and occasional loss of ...

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