Strategic Advisor, Mentor & Business Coach To Solo Lawyers
Paul Ippolito
Based in Sydney advising across Australia and internationally.
Paul Ippolito is a strategic advisor, mentor and business coach for solo lawyers helping them design sustainable, profitable solo practices.
His work is focused on solicitors, barristers, and consultant lawyers operating solely, or preparing to do so.
Paul brings a combination of legal, commercial and management experience to this work.
He has practised as both a litigator and transactional lawyer, worked in a city and regional practice, run his own law firm for more than 18 years, managed small and large teams up to 100 people across multiple offices, and taught law and management as well as regularly presenting CPD to lawyers.
He also continues to practise through Ippolito Lawyers.
That experience matters.
Solo legal practice is not an abstract concept to him.
Paul has been on the tools, in the courtroom, across the table from clients, managing people and making the commercial decisions that come with running a legal practice.
Paul Ippolito also writes regularly about AI, the future of legal practice and the business of law, including published contributions to Lawyers Weekly.
His advice is practical, direct and grounded in experience.
The focus is on the things that determine whether a solo legal practice actually works - things like strategy, systems, cashflow, positioning, pricing, risk, fee confidence and the changes lawyers need to make as AI reshapes the profession.
We are selective about who we work with and will say no when the fit is not right.
We do not sugar-coat our advice.
We are also upfront about our fees.