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Andrew Otterburn

Andrew Otterburn is a leading, law firm management consultant advising firms in the UK and Ireland. Over the last twenty years he has advised over 250 firms on their strategy, management and profitability.  He has also undertaken extensive consultancy work for the Law Society of England & Wales, the Legal Services Commssion and the Ministry of Justice, especially with regard to legal aid procurement.

He has written a number of books including "Profitability and Law Firm Management" (Law Society 2007) and "From Recession to Upturn - financial management and strategy for law firms" (Law Society 2009). He is co-author of the Law Society of Scotland's annual Survey of Law firms in Scotland.

He speaks at a number of seminars and conferences each year. Recent seminars were held in Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon and London. Recent conferences include the tri-annual conference of the Orde Van Vlaamse Bailes in Brussels in 2009, the Lawnet Conference in London in 2010, and the State Capital Group International Conference in Dublin, also in 2010, where he was keynote speaker. He has chaired the LMS Finance Forum for the last three years.

He is vice chair of the Executive Committee of the Law Management Section, a core MBA faculty member and module leader for the Nottingham Law School MBA in Legal Practice, and a lead tutor for the MMU Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Practice Management.

Andrew is a founding member of the Law Consultancy Network - a grouping that brings together a number of highly experienced law firm consultants.  The Bar Consultancy Network was launched in 2011.

If you would like to participate in the Law Society's survey of personal injury firms, the questionnaire can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet by clicking the link to the left under downloads.  If you would prefer to download it as a pdf file that can be printed off and posted back click here.  To download the guiuidance notes click here. 

MMU are currently recruiting cohort two of their highly succesful Post graduate certificate in Legal Practice Management. Go to page 12 of the e-bulletin for more details, click here for the PgCert website or phone Deborah Walker on 0161 247 2420.