Starting a Solo Practice in New York 2020 (Webinar)
Are you considering opening your own firm? Are you a recent law school graduate just starting out? Are you considering leaving your place of employment and starting your own practice?
Starting up a solo or small firm has its own unique financial, technical and practical concerns, but beginning a practice also has its own set of rewards, fulfillment, and accomplishments. To maximize your chances of success, you must have a plan.
This program provides an overview of what it takes to own your own practice. From choosing a business entity to choosing office space and attracting new clients, get practical and useful tips for starting a practice in New York. Focusing on solo practice, program topics include: setting up bank accounts; general accounting information; tax concerns; setting up IOLA accounts; client retainer agreements and intake forms; collecting payments; leaving your old firm; handling referral business; the ethical issues of using the Internet to market your practice; social media considerations; increasing your list of contacts; and much more.
- May 1, 2020
- 9:00 AM
- 4:30 PM
- 3.0
- 4.5
- 7.5
- Virtual Participation
- Your Business Plan (Yes, You Need One)
- What Type of Law Will You Practice?
- Home Office or Rented Space?
- Should You Form a Professional Corporation or LLC?
- What Equipment and Technology Do You Need?
- What are the Five Things Every Solo Law Practice Must Have to be Successful?
- Maximizing Efficiency: Hardware/Software/Cloud
- Cybersecurity: Preventing and Mitigating Risk
- Operational Issues: Data Management
- Emergency Preparedness
- Finding Clients
- Exploiting Your Small Size to Get the Clients and Cases You Want
- Practice and Time Management: Do It Right or Die
- Coordinating With Co-Counsel to Build Your Practice
- Special Pitfalls of Litigation to Avoid
- Applying Your Coverage: How to Fill Out the Application Form
- Defining Your "Practice Areas" the Right Way
- Do You Need "Prior Acts" Coverage?
- How Much Coverage Do You Need?
- What Do You Do When Someone Threatens to Sue You?
- Becoming Bulletproof Online
- Threats to Your Online Reputation
- How to Build & Maximize Your Digitial Reputation
- 3 Musts to Owning Your Brand Online
- Proactively Manage Review
- Protect Your Professional Image: Ethics Rules Require It
- Writing an Ethical, Inviting LinkedIn Profile
- Wellness and the Solo Practitioner: The Hard Facts
- Busting the Work/Life Balance Myth
- Two Agreements of Personal Resource Management (TM)
- 3 Musketeers of Resilience
- Strategic Sequencing (TM) and Integrated Resilience (TM)
- Personal Resource Management Task Assessment (C)
- Solo Practitioner Wellness Action Planning
- Generating New Clients - Key Ethical Considerations for Advertising and Referrals
- Get the Help You Need - Review Key Ethics Rules When Outsourcing
- Smart Strategies to Grow and Scale Your Firm
- Modern Law Firm Business Models That Make Sense, As Well As Cents
- Stay Compliant With Duty of Technology Competence via Top Tech Tools for Solos
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Creating Your "Launch Plan"
1.0 Credit in Law Practice Management
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Managing Your (Cyber) Practice
1.0 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Get the Clients and Cases You Want | How to Build a Sophisticated Litigation Practice Outside the Big Firm
1.0 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Risk Management | Client Intake, Letters of Engagement, Retainers, and IOLA | Best Practices for Lawyers
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Understanding Your Malpractice Insurance Policy | Making Sure You Have the Right Amount and the Right Coverage
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Managing Your Professional Reputation Both Online and Off
0.5 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
2:40 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Attorney Wellness and the Solo Practitioner
1.0 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
3:40 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ethical Challenges of Solo Practice Business Models
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Offices of Clifford R. Ennico
- Gary B. Fiebert, Esq., GBF Management LLC
- Marc M. Natale, Esq., Balestriere Fariello
- Marian C. Rice, Esq., L'Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini, LLP
- Shannon Wilkinson, Reputation Communications
- Greg Garman, Esq., Lawclerk Legal
- Christopher Anderson, Esq., Profit First for Lawyers
- John Balestriere, Esq., Balestriere Fariello
- Lana James-Moore, USI Affinity
- Edy Greenblatt, Ph.D., Restoration Vacation, Inc.
- Drew Harris, Ph.D., Restoration Vacation, Inc.
- Live
- 0GS34
- Committee on Law Practice Management
