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Description
Today, the way you manage your law office could be the difference between the success and failure of your firm. How to Manage Your Law Office is a two-volume practical guide that provides readers with cutting edge information about effective techniques in law office administration. It includes discussions on topics ranging from the intricacies of personnel management to law office ergonomics to how law offices can utilize the internet. How to Manage Your Law Office offers the reader a wealth of practical tips and recommendations from how to build a law practice to how to manage case control and paper volume.
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Contents
Chapter 1. Management for Lawyers
Chapter 2. Organization of Private Law Firms
Chapter 3. Organization of Corporate Legal and Patent Departments
Chapter 4. Legal Fees
Chapter 5. Compensation and Profit Distribution
Chapter 5A. Growth, Mergers, and Branch Offices
Chapter 6. Legal Services Planning and Marketing
Chapter 6A. Law Firm Retreats
Chapter 7. Associate Hiring, Training, and Promotion
Chapter 8. Agreements for Partnerships and Professional Corporations
Chapter 8A. Professional Corporations
Chapter 9. Personnel Administration of Staff Employees
Chapter 10. Administrative Systems and Procedures
Chapter 11. Accounting Basics
Chapter 12. Managing Computers
Chapter 13. Law Office Technology
Chapter 14. Law Office Design
Chapter 15. Nonlawyer Staff
Chapter 16. The Changing Practice of Law
Appendices
Appendix A - Complete Partnership Agreement
Appendix A1 - Checklist for Drafting Partnership Agreement
Appendix A2 - The Partnership Agreement of a Smaller Firm
Appendix B - Bylaws of Professional Corporation
Appendix B1 - Shareholders' Agreement
Appendix B2 - Employment Agreement
Appendix B3 - Principal Compensation Plan
Appendix C - Fee Agreement Letters
Appendix D - Agreement for Office Space Sharers
Appendix E - Paralegals: The Current State of the Profession
Appendix F - Of Counsel Agreement
Index
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