Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gibson, K. William, 1949-
2. Trautz, Reid F.
3. American Bar Association. Section of Law Practice Management

Description

1. xii, 679 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Alternative title

1. Survival guide for the solo and small firm lawyer

Subject

1. Practice of law -- United States. - [Browse in index]
2. Law offices -- United States. - [Browse in index]

Contents

1. Are you cut out for solo practice? / K. William Gibson -- Life after the law firm: personal considerations in going solo / Diana M. Savit -- Sidebar: lessons from the rearview mirror / Edna R.S. Alvarez -- Creating a business plan / Gary A. Munneke and Carol A. Seelig -- Leaving a firm: guidelines for a smoother transition / Dennis Kennedy -- A checklist for stunt pilots / M. Joe Crosthwait, Jr. -- Why should you specialize? / Gary A. Munneke -- A solo can represent big business / Mark A. Robertson -- The solo estate planning practice / Daniel B. Evans -- The life of a family law lawyer / James A. Calloway -- Flying solo in employment law / Mindy G. Farber -- The solo personal injury lawyer / K. William Gibson -- Serving an aging population -- elder law / Jay G. Foonberg -- Other niche practices to consider / William D. Henslee -- Can you afford to be a solo? A financial overview / Carol A. Seelig -- The capital and capitalization of the solo law practice / James J. Orlow -- Bankers and lawyers: the odd couple, or how to get a loan / Edward Poll -- Insuring your investment and managing your risk / Reid F. Trautz -- The value of timekeeping: time is money / Thoedore P. Orenstein -- Billing -- by the hour or by the project / Paul McLaughlin -- Keeping your pockets full: the fine art of cash flow / Edward Poll -- Alternative billing methods / James A. Calloway and Mark A. Robertson -- The solo's guide to collecting fees / Linda J. Ravdin -- Leasing and subleasing office space / J.R. Phelps and RJon Robins -- The essentials of office sharing and executive suites / Nancy Byerly Jones -- Designing your law office / Jon S. Schultz and Suzette S. Schultz -- Setting up an efficient home office / Diane L. Drain -- Staff: selection, management, motivation, and delegation / Susan G. Manch and Marcia Pennington Shannon -- Ethical responsibilities of -- and to -- your staff / Gisela B. Bradley -- Creating practice management systems and procedures / Reid F. Trautz -- File retention and document management / Terri Olson -- How to assess your technology needs / David J. Bilinsky -- Beyond word processing -- using the rest of your office suite / Daniel Pinnington -- Adobe Acrobat for e-filing and more / David L. Masters -- Hold the phone! / Barry L. Brickner -- Leveraging the Net / Jerry Lawson -- E-mail management / Dennis Kennedy -- Technology training options / Storm Evans -- When and how to use technology consultants / Natalie R. Thornwell -- No more books? An electronic library for solos / Catherine Pennington Paunov -- A five-minute marketing training course / Jay G. Foonberg -- Successful marketing for the solo practitioner / Thomas E. Kane -- Rainmaking for women lawyers / Gilda R. Turitz -- Newsletters, brochures, and other marketing tools / David M. Freedman -- Yellow pages advertising / Kerry Randall -- Marketing legal services in the Internet -- positioning and branding on the Web / Larry Bodine -- The ins and outs of blogs / Richard P. Klau -- Good ethics = good business / William E. Hornsby, Jr. -- Being solo does not mean being lonely / Carolyn Elefant -- Dealing with stress / George W. Kaufman -- Lawyer assistance programs / Robert Blaine Holt -- Purchase or sale of a solo practice: the financial issues / Edward Poll -- Sidebar: glossary: selected terms of valuation / Edward Poll -- Purchase of sale of a solo practice: the ethical issues / Demetrios Dimitriou -- Expanding through merger -- and the sequel / Joel P. Bennett -- Solo practice and disability / Richard M. Howland -- When I die / Ross A. Sussman -- Appendix A: checklist for starting a law practice / Linda Oligschlaeger -- Appendix B: Selected ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Language

1. English

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain