Shopping the tip boutique: from fees to practice management, there are new ideas for everyone
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A series of suggestions for solo practitioners is offered, covering many aspects of legal work and operating a small business. Lawyers should always raise the question of pay and get a written retainer agreement from a new client. Bills should be on time, without abbreviations. Small firms must emphasize diversification, but always make sure they know exactly what new clients need. Office renovations or changes demand at least a month of careful thought. Meeting with other lawyers regularly, socially, is a must.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1995
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Top bananas turn rainmakers: former corporate lawyers ripe for challenges in their own ventures
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Lawyers who start solo practices after years of working in a corporate setting say they often feel unemployed despite being busy, and have to change their own habits and personalities to seek clients. Introverts must seek ways to reach clients, and to handle rejection. Some maintain their old business connections and market both their solo operations and their former skills as general counsel. Few lawyers can count any more on lifetime employment at a single company, making such a transition commonplace.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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Nothing works like motivation; for a more productive staff, try offering cash bonuses, time off, free parking
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Small firms tend to draw employees for quality-of-life reasons, while big law firms draw career employees interested in the highest salaries and best long-term benefits. Thus, small firm managers should use incentives including such as flexible work hours, paid parking, small cash awards for performance, praise of employees, even to clients and regular staff meetings to allow constructive venting and suggestions as incentives for employees. These are all incentives costing little or nothing.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1996
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