Practice inside DBM, a real firm with a full bench and infrastructure behind you, or keep your own practice and put DBM's operating engine behind it. Two paths. Both built for attorneys who want real leverage.
Both deliver the infrastructure and operational support that sophisticated practice actually requires. The only question: inside DBM's firm, or behind your own?
Join a firm designed around how senior attorneys actually want to practice. You operate as a business within the business, owning your client relationships, practice direction, and growth trajectory, while drawing on DBM's attorney bench, pitch teams, shared resources, and business development support. All the infrastructure and culture of a cohesive firm, without the billable hour requirements, rigid schedules, or bureaucracy.
See how DBM Legal Services worksStay fully independent under your own brand with DBM's operating engine running behind your practice. DBM Core delivers a turnkey back-office platform, business development consulting from experienced law firm operators, and a la carte growth services built around your practice, not ours. Every service is available on your terms and added only where it creates real leverage.
See how DBM Core worksPractice and market under the DBM Legal Services brand
Practice under your own brand and shingle
Yours
Yours
Set by you
Set by you
Independent contractor within a cohesive firm organization
DBM serves as infrastructure and service provider to your firm
Full access to DBM partners, senior counsel, and specialized talent
Referral and co-counsel network access
Partners route overflow and coverage work across the firm
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Built into the firm
Deployed behind your practice
DBM tech stack and DataHub
DBM DataHub configured custom around your practice
Included
Included
DBM pitch teams, BD resources, and strategy support
Advisory, growth consulting, and marketing support for your independent brand
Defined firm SOPs and processes structured for consistency and collaboration
A la carte add-on services layered in as your practice needs them
Monthly all-hands, firm off-sites, and L&D programming
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Covered under firm policy
Maintained independently
If you want to build inside a firm that gives you leverage without a traditional hierarchy, choose DBM Legal Services. If you want to keep your firm exactly as it is and outsource the burden of running it, choose DBM Core.
The resources of a full-service firm. None of the rigid structure that comes with it.
You own every client relationship you bring in and control your own practice direction. Joining DBM means stepping into a fully operational firm and leaving the traditional model's constraints behind.
Every relationship you bring to DBM stays completely yours. When a matter calls for coverage outside your wheelhouse, pull in the right DBM attorney to deepen the relationship and expand what you can deliver, without introducing any competitive risk.
When other DBM partners have overflow or need coverage in your area of expertise, you have the opportunity to step in. It is a direct path to expanding your billings without having to compete for outside business.
You step into DBM's back-office, invoicing, technology stack, and DBM DataHub, all refined through years of active client work and distributed firm operations. No rebuilding. No reinventing. Just plug in and practice.
Monthly all-hands meetings, thought leadership collaborations, firm off-sites, and L&D programming. All available. Never mandatory. Join when it adds value. Step back when you're heads down on a matter.
DBM's bench brings together more than 20 attorneys with deep training from Am Law 100 firms, covering M&A, private equity, IP, tax, healthcare, real estate, and more. Whatever a client needs next, there is likely someone already on the team.
Never turn down work because you're under-resourced. When a matter requires talent you don't have on hand, DBM's recruiting infrastructure fills the gap. Scale up for a project without the overhead of a permanent hire.
You practice law. We handle the rest.
DBM Core is an operating platform built and refined inside DBM Legal Services, deployed behind independent practices that want institutional-quality infrastructure without giving up what they have built. Your firm keeps its name, its clients, its rates, and its identity. Everything behind it becomes ours to manage.
Billing and invoicing workflows, client intake automation, engagement letter processing, document management, retainer and trust tracking, and administrative offloading — the operational layer that consumes attorney time, handled completely.
Real-time P&L management, cash flow tracking, trust reconciliation, expense classification, payment gateway integration, and practice metrics structured so you can run your practice like a business.
DBM Core includes the DBM DataHub practice management system, document automation tools, and a modern workflow environment built around analytics and AI-enabled tools, refined through years of active firm use.
Business development strategy, growth consulting, brand positioning, client acquisition planning, and pricing guidance from the same team that built and has operated our firm from the ground up.
When your brand and client relationships are the asset, marketing under your own name matters. DBM Core's marketing add-on covers digital advertising, LinkedIn management, content marketing, website design, and branded collateral built to grow your practice.
Core starts with essential infrastructure and expands on your terms. Layer in paralegal support, receptionist services, IT support, CRM setup, workflow automation, or additional technology as your practice grows and your needs evolve.
Core begins with essential infrastructure and expands on your terms. Not more overhead — more leverage, where it performs.
Launch lean. Scale on demand. Add support where it performs.
Begin with a series of conversations with DBM leadership to get to know the firm, the model, and the people — and give us the chance to get to know you.
Complete onboarding, get established within DBM's infrastructure, and work through client migration with full support from the team.
Get oriented within the firm and connect with partners, senior counsel, and the broader DBM team before your first matter gets underway.
Begin taking on client work, contributing to firm matters, and growing your practice with DBM's full resources behind you.
Connect with DBM Core leadership to discuss your practice, your needs, and whether the platform is the right fit for where you want to go.
Work with our team to build out your tech stack, billing structure, and operational workflows. Finalize your agreement and service selections.
Elect and configure any additional services — marketing, paralegal support, advisory, or technology — before you go live.
Go live with DBM Core running behind your practice. Your name on the door. Our engine behind it.
For senior attorneys who want to join a real firm with full resources and the freedom to build on their own terms.
For attorneys and practices that want to stay fully independent with a serious operating platform behind them.
Whether you're exploring DBM for the first time or you've already connected with our team and want to think through the fit, the next step is simple.