How This Paralegal Scaled a Fractional CFO Business | Leah Miller and Firmly Profits

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Leah Miller shares her journey from paralegal to fractional CFO and discusses strategies for scaling her business.

Join The Paralegals in Business Society: https://www.jaclynfoster.com/ Visit Firmly Profits: https://firmlyprofits.com/ Connect with Leah Miller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahlnmfinancial/ From Paralegal to Fractional CFO: Leah Miller on Building Firmly Profits & Scaling a Law-Firm Finance BusinessJaclyn Foster shares a teaser from an hour-long interview with guest expert Leah Miller inside the Paralegals in Business Society, highlighting Leah’s path from legal assistant to paralegal, then law firm administrator/CFO, and finally founder of Firmly Profits providing bookkeeping and fractional CFO services to law firms. Leah explains she started her business incrementally in early 2023 while employed, then left her firm sooner than planned, rebuilt her former base salary by October 2023, and ultimately surpassed six figures, enabling her husband to quit his job in 2024. She credits LinkedIn networking, education, and podcast guesting—without cold pitching—for client growth, and discusses hiring first through contractors, using Profit First-style planning, and setting financial thresholds for staffing. 00:00 Podcast Teaser Intro 01:27 Meet Leah Miller 02:01 From…

People in this episode

Host: Jaclyn Foster

Guest: Leah Miller

Topics covered

• paralegal
• fractional CFO
• business growth
• law firm finance
• networking
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• paralegal
• fractional CFO
• business growth
• law firm
• networking
• Profit First
• financial planning

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Organizations: Firmly Profits, Paralegals in Business Society, LinkedIn

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