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Essential Formbook: Volume I: Partnership and Organizational Agreements/Client Intake and Fee Agreements
Gary A. Munneke & Anthony E. Davis, 288 pages, 3-ring binder with CD-ROM Part I of this volume addresses traditional and alternative partnership agreements, including the Limited Liability Partnership Agreement, and law firm dissolution agreements. Part II walks you through the client intake process, including how to effectively gather information on new clients, manage the… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementEasy Self-Audits for the Busy Law Office
Nancy Byerly Jones, published 1999, 352 pages with diskettes Here’s a valuable, easy-to-use tool to help you conduct your own management self-audits in minutes! Whether you need to streamline procedures, foster teamwork, or build client relations, this book will help you identify your practice’s (or department’s) “problem” areas, as well as ideas for improving them…. Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementComplete Guide to Designing Your Law Office
Suzette S. Schultz and Jon S. Schultz, published 2005, 312 pages with CD-ROM Here’s the information you need to create an impressive, efficient law office that meets your business requirements. Learn the best approaches for designing every area in the law office, including offices and work stations, conference rooms and reception areas, and more. You’ll… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementThe Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice
Reid F. Trautz & Dan Pinnington, published 2009, 156 pages Busy lawyers do not have dozens of extra hours to conduct research looking for new tips and ideas to streamline and enhance their practice of law. They need “just-in-time” learning to acquire the knowledge necessary to build their practices. This convenient pocket guide is the… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances, Firm Management, Legal Technology, Marketing, Solo and Small FirmBeing Prepared: A Lawyer’s Guide to Dealing with Disability or Unexpected Events
Lloyd Cohen & Debra Hart Cohen, Published 2008, 220 pages Being Prepared is the essential workbook and guide for protecting your law practice against casualty or other unexpected event. If you haven’t started thinking about, or formulating, an action plan to properly protect your law firm, your clients, and your family in the event of… Read More »
Categories: Book, Disaster Planning, Firm Management, Solo and Small FirmAnatomy of a Law Firm Merger: How to Make or Break the Deal 3rd Edition
Hildebrandt International, Published 2004, 208 pages and CD-ROM A well-planned merger brings many benefits for the merging firms – regardless of size or specialty. Here’s a clear, concise, step-by-step guide to the art and science of the merger deal, covering everything from making the decision to merge and analyzing whether the merger makes sense, to… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementThe ABA Guide to Professional Managers in the Law Office
Edited by Carolyn Thornlow, published 1996, 188 pages Hiring professional managers to handle the administration of your law firm frees your lawyers up to do what they do best-practice law and develop new client relationships. Here’s your complete toolkit for interviewing, hiring, and training professional managers in administration, finance, information management, human resources, marketing, facilities… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm Management200 Ways to Make Your Law Firm an Extraordinary Place to Work
Edited by Sue Umbdenstock and Rosemary Shiels, 92 pages What do you do to stand out as an employer? What makes your staff and attorneys want to come to work every day? Read about the events, activities, special recognitions and other best practices in place at some of your peers’ firms – ways to foster… Read More »
Categories: Book, Firm ManagementWinning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work 3rd Edition
Mark A. Robertson and James A. Calloway, published 2008, 175 pages with cd-rom Your entire practice is based on doing battle for your clients. Unfortunately, the issues that arise when it comes to assessing the value of these protective and beneficial services are a source of contention for both yourself and your clients. This newly… Read More »
Categories: Book, FinancesResults-Oriented Financial Management: A Step by Step Guide to Law Firm Profitability 2nd Edition
John G. Iezzi CPA, published 2003, 272 pages with CD-ROM This hands-on, how-to book will provide managing partners, law firm managers, and law firm accountants with the budgeting and financial knowledge needed to make critical decisions. The newly revised and expanded second edition describes the entire financial management process, from gathering a firm’s historical data… Read More »
Categories: Book, Finances