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Defining the Role and Development of a New Managing Partner

Joel A. Rose

While the volume of available information about managing law offices is expanding, information is not readily available about what, specifically, should be the "hands-on approaches" that managing partners and members of management committees should embrace to coalesce their partners, associates and staff into a well-managed and informed organization, with all of the professional and administrative personnel working together to achieve both the firm's immediate and longer-term objectives.

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Make Your First-Years Second-Years

Jason Mark Anderman

One of the most consistent, widespread problems faced by law firms is how to close the learning curve quickly for their inexperienced attorneys.

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On the Move

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Who's doing what; who's going where.

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New Regulations for Service Providers

John L. Brown

Last year, the DOL issued interim final regulations under ERISA Section 408(b)(2) that impose new disclosure requirements on "covered service providers" providing services to specified pension plans subject to ERISA. And that's not all.

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Facilitating Follow-Up

Bob Gero

By setting clear guidelines and limiting lawyers' obligations, a law firm's marketing staff will make it more likely that their lawyers will be successful new business generators.

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IT BOILS DOWN TO ONE CLIENT AT A TIME

Bruce W. Marcus

Here's a little secret about professional services marketing. It always comes down to selling the individual clients ' one by one. And it doesn't matter if your firm is the largest or the smallest. You can talk about strategies, image, niche marketing and branding. You can talk about articles, brochures, press releases and seminars. But it always comes down to selling the individual clients ' one by one.

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CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS

allan colman, [email protected]

CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS - It often comes as a surrise in legal sales that potential clients are not out looking for you. And you need to overcome the obstacles - a prospect's resistance. In our newest white paper, CLOSING BY THE NUMBERS we look at 14 best practices in the fine art of closing. These are the tactics needed to cross the goal line and include: * How Closing goes Beyond "You're Hired." * How…

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Client Trust Accounts

Neil F. Scullion

What steps can your firm take to reduce the risk of loss or fraud as it relates to IOLTAs? Also, what must be done to meet your state's client trust account record-keeping requirements? This article covers the basics and will help you think about what changes your firm should consider to protect against IOLTA loss or fraud.

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<i><b>Product Review</i></b> Is There Really Such a Thing As Social Practice Management? Image

<i><b>Product Review</i></b> Is There Really Such a Thing As Social Practice Management?

Donna Seyle

Law practice management, meet legal productivity, or, as the San Diego developers have dubbed it: social practice management. Welcome to MyCase.

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The Place to Network: The Business Meal

Timothy Corcoran

The primary objective of a business meal is to make a connection, to demonstrate that you are a likeable and trustworthy business partner. Do this right and you'll get additional opportunities for face time.

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