Why it starts with a diagnostic
High-value legal work should not be buried under operational drag. Most firms do not have an AI problem so much as an operating-model problem that AI makes louder: intake, supervision, confidentiality, and billing that were informal enough to work by hand start to strain once the tools speed everything up.
So efficient.esq starts by helping you see the system clearly. The ABA 512 diagnostic gives a shared, honest baseline before anyone automates anything. efficient.esq is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
Who is behind it
efficient.esq is a product of MHSB Solutions, a legal-technology consultancy and Lawmatics agency partner, built and run by Rich Berman. The work draws on hands-on experience with the practice-management and automation systems small firms actually run, including Clio, Lawmatics, and MyCase, and on doing the operating changes rather than only recommending them.
The posture is consistent: anti-hype, governance-first, and focused on the attorney's outcome rather than the tool.
How the work happens
efficient.esq helps attorneys understand and diagnose the operating problem through diagnostics, guides, and resources. When a firm wants the work done, implementation and advisory are delivered through MHSB Solutions, so the diagnosis and the hands that do the build stay connected.
If a review is a fit, the first paid engagement is a focused operating-model review of the workflow that needs attention first, not a promise of finished software.