Download or read book Lawyers Money and Success written by Macklin Fleming and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true tasks and responsibilities, with the result that the profession is rife with client dissatisfaction, public distrust, and individual lawyer discontent. Money is now the measure of success, he says, and honesty has been diluted, while fiduciary responsibility has eroded. Fleming elaborates his case with unusual rigor. In the quest for the brass ring of financial success, corner-cutting, absence of candor, and distortions of fact have become increasingly tolerated, to the extent that clients, the public, and lawyers themselves no longer have a sense of trust and confidence in the legal profession. Obviously, changes are needed, and unless they come from within the firms themselves, lawyers can be sure that they will come from individuals, agencies, and organizations outside these firms. Attorneys in all kinds of practices, their clients in all sectors of the economy, and academics concerned with the practice of law in all its dimensions will find Fleming's book informative, challenging, and certainly provocative reading. Fleming starts by examining what he sees as a paradox: a large increase in lawyers' fees despite a fourfold increase in lawyer numbers and a threefold increase in their proportion of the general population. What happened to the law of supply and demand? he asks. After tracing the history of the large corporate law firm and its dominance within the profession, he shows how cost-effectiveness within large firms has declined while at the same time what he calls the magic of the emperor's new clothes has suspended the law of supply and demand. He discusses excessive legal fees, their resistance to client and court controls, and relates his discussion to the present pervasive distrust of lawyers among the public. Fleming outlines the four existing challenges to business-as-usual by lawyers and law firms, and then ventures his own analysis of the needed future changes in law firms. These include professional law firm management under a less archaic structure, effective integrity and quality controls, cost-controlled delivery of legal services, and increased job satisfaction for its working lawyers.
Download or read book The Lawyer s Guide to Increasing Revenue written by Arthur G. Greene and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Download or read book The Money Lawyers written by Joseph C. Goulden and published by Truman Talley Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Money Lawyers Joseph C. Goulden vividly describes how lawyering has become a money-driven business, not just a profession. It explores the lucrative world of class-action litigation, where plaintiff lawyers - "The Class-Action Club" - garner billions of dollars in damages and fees through suits against manufacturers of items such as breast implants, asbestos, and diet pills. Also featured are the new super-lawyer David Boies of IBM/Florida vote fame; the Washington, D.C., lawyer-lobbyist Tom Boggs; and the mess divorce of securities "strike-suit law" William Lerach of San Diego and Melvyn Weiss of New York. Additionally, the dark side of "white-shoe law" is detailed in an account of how a Wall Street firm cast out partners so that survivors could make more money, and the price the firm paid for its blatant disloyalty.
Download or read book Lawyer Finances Principles and Practices for Personal and Professional Financial Success written by Nelson P. Miller and published by Vandeplas Pub.. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too few lawyers know the financial principles and practices that make for personal and professional success. Lawyers are very good at many things necessary for law practice. They know the law and have the skills and identity to put the law to good use for their clients. They sometimes overlook, though, that their personal and professional finances can determine how long and effectively they are able to serve those clients. Finances can determine the success and failure of lawyers and their firms. Personal finances can make and break individual lawyers. When lawyers discern and follow sound financial principles and practices, they gain rewarding and sustaining peace of mind, purpose, stability, and security. Finances can also make and break firms. When the managing members of firms agree on and follow sound professional financial principles and practices, they lay and build a foundation for sustainable practice. This book introduces principles of personal and professional finance for lawyers. For lawyers personally, the subjects include financial statements and budgeting, risk management and insurance planning, and investment and retirement planning. For law firm financial management, the subjects include legal and capital structures, annual financial plans, balance sheets, working capital, operating statements, ratio analyses, and financial targets. Lawyers and law students who read this book should find encouraging confirmation of core commitments that they and others whom they trust have made and followed around finances. The principles and practices this book promotes are not a get-rich-quick scheme. They instead help lawyers prepare, plan, and practice wisely using modern methods made sound with the wisdom of the ages.
Download or read book Skadden written by Lincoln Caplan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-10-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom rode the tidal wave of takeovers in the 1970s and '80s to become the most profitable law firm in the world. At its peak, partners there earned an average of over $1 million a year. Unabashedly competitive and zealously private, Skadden, as the firm is known, was different from leading firms of previous eras: they had reflected the might and luster of their clients, but Skadden became a big business in its own right, with global.
Download or read book How to be a Lawyer written by Charles G. Vaccaro and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who gets through law school knows a lot about the law. The problem is that they don't know how to run a law practice and provide legal services to clients. This book provides lawyers with the nuts and bolts of doing just that as well as how to keep clients coming back-in other words-how to be a lawyer and make money. "How to be a Lawyer" is a collection of those proven techniques and procedures, along with insights gained from years of experience, in a format designed to help lawyers have a more rewarding experience in their chosen profession. The lawyer who attracts and satisfies more clients makes more money. This book tells you how to do that and more. It reveals the secrets to minimizing necessary administrative tasks and allowing lawyers to do what they are trained to do - provide legal services to clients.
Download or read book The Lawyer s Guide to Balancing Life Work written by George W. Kaufman and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2006 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition is about how the law fits inside you, not how you fit inside the law. Making space for creativity and passion within your current workplace and at home can yield enormous emotional rewards. In the end, this book will support you whether you stay in the law, shift your law practice, or move on to other work. This book is the tool you need to make healthy decisions and welcome the passion back into your life!
Download or read book The Busy Lawyer s Guide to Success written by Reid F. Trautz and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 best ever collection of practical tips, ideas, and techniques to help you survive, thrive, and find success in the practice of law.
Download or read book The Lawyer the Lion and the Laundry written by Jamie Spannhake and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Be a Lawyer written by Jason Mendelson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your legal education into a successful and fulfilling legal career In How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success, a team of veteran lawyers and entrepreneurs delivers an eye-opening discussion of how to translate your years of training and education into a running start in the world of practice. The book bridges the gap between law school and practice, whether you hope to be a big firm transactional attorney, a solo criminal lawyer, work for the government or any other legal profession. You’ll discover how you can use what you learned in law school and how you can develop the real skills you’ll need as you deal with clients and colleagues. The authors explain what your professors won’t tell you in law school and what employers and clients will actually expect from you. You’ll also find: Case studies and guest chapters describing the transition to major areas of law and how it can and should affect your law school decision making Expert advice on making your first job a successful one Guidance on how to avoid the most common career pitfalls and client mistakes Unfiltered opinions from clients about what they really think about lawyers An ideal resource for aspiring and current law students and early career lawyers, How to Be a Lawyer is the practical blueprint you need to build your legal career from scratch.
Download or read book The Road Map to Rich written by Joseph Michael Dickerson and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road Map to Rich will teach you how you can become a millionaire in real estate with the use of time and a little money. In this book, find out what a successful lawyer, investor and entrepreneur advises his clients about getting rich. Are you up to the challenge of being in business for yourself? This book will help you discover what you need to know before you get started.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Attorneys Guide to Personal and Financial Freedom written by Richard James and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard James, Founder and President of Automated Business Results, has earned a reputation as a national "Legal Systems Expert." His legacy includes a career of building businesses in five different industries bringing his secret to each to achieve success. His success ingredient is simple: systems. Author of two books, The DNA of the Autonomous Attorney and Discover The Acres Of Diamonds In Your Law Firm, Richard has devised a twelve step system for designing and implementing automated marketing systems that grow your business FAST. Applying his creative energies on a helping key law firms manage their direct marketing initiatives and achieving extraordinary results. Richard put his systems and marketing tools to the test in building one of the most successful consumer bankruptcy firms in Phoenix from Zero to surpass $3.5 million in sales in just over two years. Richard believes that attorneys can truly create a practice that will support their dreams and aspirations rather than undermine their very core values. More information about Richard James, his services (that can develop a law practice that supports its owner's lifestyle rather than completely undermining it) and more of his story may be found at www.TheRichardJames.com.
Download or read book How Marketing Can Help Lawyers Make More Money written by John Burnett and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Role of Marketing in Law Firms Marketing is still not highly regarded by modern law firms. This is especially true for solo and mid-sized firms, who neither have the resources or motivation to learn and implement strategic marketing. Yet, marketing offers such firms their best opportunity to survive and prosper. This book offers a comprehensive and relevant explanation of strategic marketing that will work for lawyers and their firms. As always, the success level is a function of whether the reader is willing to commit the time and energy to this process. If you do, you will make more money!.
Download or read book The Attorneys Guide to Personal and Financial Freedom written by Richard James and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard James, Founder and President of Automated Business Results, has earned a reputation as a national "Legal Systems Expert." His legacy includes a career of building businesses in five different industries bringing his secret to each to achieve success. His success ingredient is simple: systems. Author of two books, The DNA of the Autonomous Attorney and Discover The Acres Of Diamonds In Your Law Firm, Richard has devised a twelve step system for designing and implementing automated marketing systems that grow your business FAST. Applying his creative energies on a helping key law firms manage their direct marketing initiatives and achieving extraordinary results. Richard put his systems and marketing tools to the test in building one of the most successful consumer bankruptcy firms in Phoenix from Zero to surpass $3.5 million in sales in just over two years. Richard believes that attorneys can truly create a practice that will support their dreams and aspirations rather than undermine their very core values. More information about Richard James, his services (that can develop a law practice that supports its owner's lifestyle rather than completely undermining it) and more of his story may be found at www.TheRichardJames.com.
Download or read book The Road to Success written by Edward M. Paxson and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Legal Marketing written by Benjamin W. Glass and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shares marketing strategies to build law practices, including cultivating a group of followers who will send business, building a database of clients, and avoiding the common pitfalls.
