Solo/Small Firm Practitioners’ Committee
Meeting Date/Time: October 6, 2026, 12:15pm -1:15pm
Topic: Build a Machine, Not a Job

Description: Most attorneys never set out to build a business — they set out to practice law, and end up owning a demanding job instead. This practical, plain-language session shows small and solo firm owners how to read their firm’s real financials and install the operating systems that let the work happen without routing everything through the owner. The result is a practice that runs on numbers and systems, frees the owner’s time, and holds real value the day they want to step back.

Speaker: Sarah Justin, CPA; Founder & Principal Consultant, Rêve CFO Advisors; sarah@revecfoadvisors.com

Registration and additional information is here: https://learn.chicagobar.org/products/solosmall-firm-practitioners-committee-100626.

Committee Chair(s): Mathew Kerbis, Subscription Attorney LLC, kerbis@subscriptionattorney.com
Charles Krugel, Charles A. Krugel, Labor & Employment Law on Behalf of Business, cak1@charlesakrugel.com

Committee Co-Vice Chair(s):
John Risvold, The Collins Law Firm, P.C., jrisvold@collinslaw.com
Amanda Carey, The Carey Center for Justice, amanda@careycenter.org