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Develop Your Personal Book of Business

By Allan Colman
June 30, 2014

COMPETITION for business is intense, time is short, and there's no time like the present to hone your business development skills and develop your personal book of business.

WE NEED TO KNOW what to do right now, in order to build our personal books of business. There can never be too many practical suggestions to support client and practice development. Such specifics come naturally to some lawyers. For others they can be learned and, to that end, checklists like the ones provided below may be useful.

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