No entity shields you from your own malpractice. What Texas firm structures actually protect, the repealed LLP insurance rule people still cite, and how entity choice interacts with coverage.
The operational checklist for opening a Texas law firm: entity, trust account, insurance, payroll, systems, in order, plus the traps that cost money.
Every hire changes your firm’s risk: payroll, workers’ comp, EPLI, benefits, limits. A headcount-by-headcount map from solo to five attorneys.
Your retroactive date decides whether past work is covered at all. How prior acts coverage works, what resets it, and what to ask before any policy change.
Employer health costs are projected to pass $18,500 per employee in 2026 — the steepest rise in 15 years. What that means for a small law firm’s budget, and how firms compete anyway.
Accounting, payroll, HR, IT, benefits, insurance — the complete inventory of what a small law firm runs besides law, what cobbling it together costs, and the case for one curated back office.