The Form Book

The Form Book
Author: Borries Schwesinger
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Filling in a form may be an everyday experience, yet as an aspect of design that affects all our lives, forms are quite often overlooked. This is a handbook on form design for designers, students and anyone interested in improving client communication and information handling.

The Complete Guide to Designing Your Law Office

The Complete Guide to Designing Your Law Office
Author: Suzette S. Schultz
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590314814

This comprehensive new resource provides all the information needed to plan or remodel a law firm's office space. Helpful checklists, schedules, forms, and letters are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Partner Departures and Lateral Moves

Partner Departures and Lateral Moves
Author: Geri S. Krauss
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604425239

Once it was the exception for a partner to leave a firm. Now the revolving door of partner departures has been deemed a modern-day law firm fixture. What steps can a departing partner or an acquiring firm take to minimize risks and reduce potential liabilities? This essential guide answers those questions. Legal expert Geri Krauss provides guidance for both the partner and the acquiring firm in connection with exploring a new affiliation.

Introduction to Law Firm Practice

Introduction to Law Firm Practice
Author: Michael P. Downey
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604428247

For both the law student and young lawyer, this guide provides an introduction to the basics of working in a law firm. It discusses how a lawyer can get around within the firm to succeed in law firm practice.

The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning

The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning
Author: Thomas C. Grella
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590314234

Strategic planning is an integral component to the success of any business organization, including law firms and law-related entities. This practice-building resource can be your guide to planning dynamic strategic plans and implementing them at your firm. You'll learn about the strategic planning process and how to establish goals in key planning areas such as law firm governance, competition, opening a new office, financial management, technology, marketing and competitive intelligence, client development and retention, and more. Also, the accompanying CD-ROM contains a wealth of policies, statements, and questionnaires. If you're serious about improving the way your firm works, increasing productivity, making better decisions, and setting your firm on the right course, this book is the resource you need.

The Lawyer's Guide to Governing Your Firm

The Lawyer's Guide to Governing Your Firm
Author: Arthur G. Greene
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590317808

This guide is a practical resource for those firms that want to provide better client service and at the same time, improve the working environment for both lawyers and staff. It provides strategies to change the climate of the law firm, boost morale, and effectively and efficiently manage the firm. Issues discussed range from leadership and partnership issues to the basics of running the office. Includes a companion CD-ROM with more than 25 model forms, agreements, worksheets, questionnaires, policy forms, and more.

The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue

The Lawyer's Guide to Increasing Revenue
Author: Arthur G. Greene
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590314227

"Are you ready to look beyond cost-cutting and toward new revenue opportunities? Learn how you can achieve growth using the resources you already have at your firm. Discover the factors that affect your law firm's revenue production, how to evaluate them, and how to take specific action steps designed to increase your returns. You'll learn how to best improve performance and profitability in each of the key aspects of your law firm."--BOOK JACKET.

Flying Solo

Flying Solo
Author: K. William Gibson
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590314807

The contributors share time-tested advice on approaches, methods, systems, and perspectives that have resulted in thriving solo and small firm law practices in the real world. This book contains proven solutions for problems and issues that, sooner or later, every practitioner will have to face.