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When and How Can Departing Lawyers Contact Clients? Image

When and How Can Departing Lawyers Contact Clients?

Jeffrey P. Ayres

The article herein addresses the related questions of when and how can departing lawyers contact clients in an ethical manner.

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Professional Development: A Guide to Connecting with Potential Clients

Sharon Meit Abrahams

Following are a few tips that will help you feel prepared and confident in potential business development situations.

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Section 79 Planning Opportunities

Lawrence L. Bell, Theodore J. Zouzounis & Stephen M. (Pete) Peterson

Closely held businesses produce over 50% of the Gross National Product ("GNP"). Less than 50% of these businesses have a continuation plan and almost one-third of these companies (29%) use a buy-sell arrangement to assist in their planning. Buy-Sell agreements are very simple tools that over the years have grown to meet increasing needs of closely held businesses.

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LAW FIRM MARKETING AND DIVERSITY

Allan Colman, CEO, the Closers Group: [email protected]

LAW FIRM MARKETING AND DIVERSITY continues the discussion from our last column. Women and minority lawyers will enrich our services to in-house counsel because they bring multiple perspectives to bear on so many legal issues. After all, there is alot more involved than writing briefs and inking contracts. My AGC colleague may still disagree with the benefits underscored in this and the previous column, but by having an open discussion, you have gone a long…

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GIVING 'TIL IT HURTS<i>Developing a Firm Giving Policy</i>

Bruce W. Marcus

There is no firm in business today that isn't inundated regularly by requests for contributions, whether they are for charitable, community or political causes. For the community-minded firm, the requests can be overwhelming, as is the feeling that you do indeed want to help the organization requesting your help. But how can you serve your community ' and frequently, your firm ' without hurting your own firm's budget and community relations? You can say yes'

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Establishing Best Practices

Paula Campbell

When it comes to work product production, internal and external communication, or workplace safety, the question becomes: "Is there adequate input when these policies are developed, and who are the enforcers?" As important, is the question, "Do established best practices hamper client relations or staff professional development?"

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Becoming a Law Firm Partner

Phyllis Weiss Haserot

Interviews with senior associates and individuals in their first or second year of partnership (particularly equity partnership) reveal that they frequently face a number of surprises ' even shocks ' when they enter their new, long-desired status. Here's what to do about it.

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In the Marketplace

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters &

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

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Media & Communications Corner: Weaving External Marketing and Communications into Professional Development Image

Media & Communications Corner: Weaving External Marketing and Communications into Professional Development

Kevin Aschenbrenner

An interview with Sharon Meit Abrahams, Director of Professional Development, McDermott Will &amp; Emery LLP (Miami).

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MLF 50 Deadline Extended

Elizabeth Anne 'Betiayn' Tursi

The deadline for submissions to the coveted MLF 50 ' The Top 50 Law Firms in Marketing and Communications ' has been extended to Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. Click <a href="http://www.lawjournalnewsletters.com/issues/ljn_marketing/22_3/news/150739-1.html">here</a> to see the submission criteria.

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