Simplicity Is Important In My Law Firm

In my firm, we relentlessly simplify processes, contracts, and communication.

That sentence looks obvious on paper. In practice, it takes discipline.

Legal work has a natural tendency to become complex. Not because lawyers enjoy making things harder (most don’t), but because the industry has been trained to equate complexity with rigor. Longer contracts feel “safer.” More process feels “professional.” Dense language feels “serious.”

The problem is that complexity creates confusion, slows down work, and frustrates clients.

I’ve seen this repeatedly: when people don’t understand something, they either delay decisions or avoid them entirely. Questions pile up. Emails multiply. Small issues turn into bottlenecks. What should have been straightforward becomes unnecessarily expensive - financially and mentally.

That’s why, in our firm, simplification is not an aesthetic choice. It’s an operating principle.

We simplify how we communicate, how we structure contracts, and how our internal processes work. Not by cutting corners, but by being intentional about clarity. Every clause, every process, every explanation has to earn its place.

Legal can be boring. It can be challenging. It can be tough to engage with - especially for founders and teams who are already juggling product, growth, hiring, and compliance. When legal feels heavy, people disengage. When they disengage, risk increases rather than decreases.

Once things are simplified, something interesting happens: people actually understand what they’re signing and why it matters. Conversations become shorter and more productive. Decisions happen faster. Trust increases, because clarity removes suspicion and uncertainty.

Simplicity, it turns out, is scalable and easy to adopt.

It also makes the firm itself run better. When processes are clear and repeatable, there’s less friction internally. Fewer misunderstandings. Fewer last-minute emergencies. Less rework. The team spends more time thinking and less time untangling.

This doesn’t mean everything is “easy.” Legal work still requires judgment, experience, and nuance. But difficulty should come from the substance of the problem - not from poor structure or avoidable complexity.

That’s why I regularly step back and audit how we work. Not just what we do, but how it feels to interact with us. Where do people get stuck? Where do explanations fall apart? Where are we making someone work harder than they need to?

And I think this question applies far beyond law.

So here’s the lesson I’ll leave you with:

If something feels heavier than it needs to be, it probably is. Complexity is often a choice - even when it doesn’t look like one. Simplify what you can, explain what matters, and remove friction wherever possible. The result isn’t just efficiency; it’s better decisions, better relationships, and a system that actually works for the people inside it.

This week, audit your workflow and ask yourself one simple question: what can you make effortless?