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AWL Attorney Development Forum: Jumpstarting Your Practice

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11 Mar 2010 09:00 AM 1:00 PM Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP
4801 Main Street, Ste. 1000
Kansas City, MO 64112 		Map Event Registration has ended.


AWL Attorney Development Forum: Jumpstarting Your Practice

Lawyers who have become very successful in their area of practice will share practical advice to those interested in growing their practices and securing their future within their firms.  The forum is a must-attend for associates and partners of established firms, as well as new firm owners, students and recent graduates exploring employment opportunities.
 
Discussion Leader:  Mira Mdivani, The Mdivani Immigration Law Firm
 
Agenda:
 
9:00 - 9:15 AM        Registration and Coffee
 
9:15 - 10:10 AM      Developing An Existing Practice
 
                            Speakers:
                            Susan McGreevy, Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP
                            Mary Beth Blake, Polsinelli Shughart, P.C.
 
                              
                             1.    How to Build A Practice If You Are With a Firm
                             2.    How to Become a Member of the Firm's Executive Committee
 
10.10 - 11.10 AM   Starting a New Practice
 
                            Speakers:
                            R. Denise Henning, The Henning Law Firm, P.C
                            Peter Goss, Wendt Goss, P.C.
                            Tom Bender, Walters, Bender, Strobehn & Vaughn, P.C
 
 

                            1. Nuts and bolts considerations:

                                       a. What form: Forms of entities; governance documents

                                       b. Where to locate: Leases/offices sharing arrangements

                                       c. Which vendors/equipment: lease vs. purchase; how to find suitable vendors for supplies, etc.

                          2. Defining and marketing the practice:

                                       a. What referrals are you going to take and what are you going to decline

                                      b. Websites, advertising, etc.

                                      c. Joining and promoting

                         3. Transporting a practice from one firm to another

                                      a. Ethics of leaving a firm

                                      b. Issues of who owns files; copies of same; etc.

                        4. Pitfalls

                                      a. contingent fee agreements

                                      b. evaluating cases

                                      c. hiring employees vs. independent contractors

                                     d. maintaining a docketing system, the importance of an organized filing system

                                   e. things that result in bar complaints like not returning phone calls or communicating with the client
 
11:15-12:15       ALL-STAR PANEL, All Speakers, Questions and Answers
 
 
12:15 - 1:00       LUNCH, informal visiting with the speakers
 
                                           
Cost (includes program and lunch)
 
FREE for AWL Members (not a member, click to JOIN!) 
 
$35 for non-members
 

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