How to Build and Manage a Family Law Practice

How to Build and Manage a Family Law Practice
Author: Mark A. Chinn
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590316955

Tips, strategies, tactics, forms, and real-word advice for starting - or building - a family law practice. Written by a successful and happy family lawyer, this book explains the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in a challenging area of the law. It takes a no-nonsense approach in explaining the most critical issues for developing a successful career. Examples and practice tips show how to gain experience, understand the business aspects of a practice, develop and maintain the ideal client mix, and manage staff and finances. CD-ROM with forms and related materials.

From Yellow Pads to Computers

From Yellow Pads to Computers
Author: Fran Shellenberger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1991
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This guide offers practical advice on computer implementation in the law office. Topics covered include improvement of litigation strategy, document drafting, electronic mail, costs of on-line databases, desktop publishing systems, and training sources.

Start Your Own Law Practice

Start Your Own Law Practice
Author: Judge William Huss
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2005-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1572487968

After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to be the boss. You want to hang out your shingle and open an office of your own. But running a profitable business takes more than just being a great attorney. Start Your Own Law Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great lawyer and successful business owner. Whether you are looking to open a sole practitioner's office or wanting to go into partnership with other colleagues, picking the right location, hiring the right support staff and taking care of all the finances are not easy tasks. With help from Start Your Own Law Practice, you can be sure you are making the best decisions for success. Don't let a wrong choice slow down your progress. Find advice on: Creating a Business Plan Managing the Office Raising Capital Billing and Fees Marketing Your Firm Building a Client Base Preventing Malpractice Suits Keeping an Eye on the Goal With checklists, sample letters and law office forms, Start Your Own Law Practice teaches you all the things they didn't in law school and gives you the confidence to go out and do it on your own.

ABA Journal

ABA Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2000-05
Genre:
ISBN:

The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

ABA Journal

ABA Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1998-07
Genre:
ISBN:

The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

Expanding Your Law Practice

Expanding Your Law Practice
Author: Harry J. Haynsworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1984
Genre: Advertising
ISBN:

This work addresses the ethical issues for the practitioner in the areas of public relations, operation of multiple-office law firms, and dual professional practice as they have been interpreted by the courts, disciplinary agencies, and ethics advisory committees.

The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software

The Lawyer's Guide to Practice Management Systems Software
Author: Andrew Zenas Adkins
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781604424669

What can practice management systems software do for a law practice? With the right system in place, a law firms and staff will have the ability to automatically route items, tasks, documents, and events to certain people based on their role in the case or matter, as well as manage deadlines, improve responsiveness to clients, reduce malpractice insurance rates, and boost overall productivity. The challenge is to find a program that best serves the needs of the firm.