Professional Choice Consultancy is a company well equipped to assist law firms through a rapidly changing environment brought about by business objectives and perhaps a major need to refocus the firm, competitive pressures (particularly potential new entrants), client relationship demands and legislation and compliance.

The company is headed by Bill Kirby who has 30 years experience as a senior manager and director with financial, general management, sales and marketing and the practical use of IT experience. Bill spent 10 years as a Director of a leading supplier of integrated systems solutions for law firms and has extensive experience working with firms managing change and maximising returns on investment. billkirby@professionalchoiceconsultancy.com

Services can be very flexible but include:
  • Business strategy/Plan and IT strategy verification
  • Assessment and recommendation service
  • Systems selection
  • Making the effective use of IT investments throughout the firm and in particular, CRM and HR
  • Focused marketing strategy workshops
  • Business development programmes for clients and new business
  • Event management and telemarketing
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery advice – including potential IT outsourcing
  • Key staff recruitment – CEO/COO, Finance, Marketing, IT and HR
  • Advice to vendors targeting the legal sector
Law firms now probably face the most intense period of enforced change in their history. The role and use of information technology is no longer a periodic consideration. The market is seeing and inevitable shift from bespoke to commoditised delivery of legal services which can be delivered by law firms or new entrants to the sector. Lawyers face considerable change and discomfort as they move through the evolutionary stages of client and market demanded change at the same time being challenged by competitors.

Law firms need to be confident that they have the business strategy and plans and the right resources to meet the challenges.




Professional Choice consultancy is supported by associated complementary companies and organisations


Legal Projects Services Limited - Gill Hague

Gill Hague founded Legal Project Services after spending more than 13 years as a Legal Practice Manager, working both in Private Practice and In House. Gill looks to find practical, pragmatic and cost effective solutions to the challenge of managing the increasingly complex relationship between the law, business and technology.

An expert at bring together the best internal and external resources to help legal teams to gain business benefits from their investment in technology, Gill provides an independent, objective and expert management resource to manage projects, help you to improve business processes and to make the best use of technology to support your practice.

With a special interest in the application of technology to the management of litigation, Gill is an accredited Electronic Document Discovery Expert, and regularly lectures on the practical issues of Managing Electronic Disclosure. For more information about how Legal Project Services can help your practice, please see our website at www.legalprojectservices.co.uk or contact Gill Hague on 07930 444727.


Dudley House Consulting - Mike Blackburn

Dudley House Consulting is a business improvement consultancy focussing on the four management mindsets required for a successful business:

Profitability mindset - businesses need to understand what they hope to achieve in terms of profitability and organise themselves and their strategies accordingly.

Customer mindset - not all customers have the same worth, some create value for your business whilst others destroy it. The challenge for a business is to understand this and manage customers appropriately

Process mindset - businesses need to be aware of their processes as value creators and be able to adapt in order to maximise returns

Change mindset – maintaining a successful business requires the ability to recognise when change is needed and the ability to drive through successful change initiatives.

The business offers a range of services that support the development of competencies in these four areas covering assignments from strategic planning workshops and implementation support through business improvement technique training to change programme management. It supports Professional Choice Consultancy in its Marketing Strategy activities.

The company is headed by Mike Blackburn, the former Global Head of Market Strategy for a major telecommunications company. Mike has spent over ten tears undertaking analysis driven, customer centric, performance improvement activities which have allowed businesses to see dramatic results.

Dudley House Consulting’s experience lies mainly within the high growth technology based services sector. This experience is combined with Professional Choice Consultancy’s legal expertise to provide tailored programmes that exceed legal firms’ requirements, providing an alternative view to generate extraordinary results.


MTW Services Limited - Marlene Woodley

MTW Services provides a professional sales, marketing and event management service a range of market sectors. Our dedicated team are trained across a diverse range of key business disciplines.

We work closely with our clients to establish a relationship that will optimise your business performance and results – in fact we become a virtual part of your team. Our people excel at communicating with people via the telephone or in person.

Marlene launched MTW Services in 1998 after an extensive career in sales and has a wealth of knowledge in strategic sales and research programmes. She is also an experienced telemarketing and sales training professional.

Memberships of professional bodies include: Fellowship of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. www.mtws.co.uk