Starting a Solo Practice in New York Part II
Starting A Solo Practice In New York, Part II: Operations, Technology And Risk Management
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.
Part two of this two part program series is an overview of operations, technology and risk management when starting your solo practice, including:
-Managing Your (Cyber) Practice
-Get the Clients and Cases You Want: How to Build a Sophisticated Litigation Practice Outside the Big Firm
-Risk Management, Client Intake, Letters of Engagement, Retainers, and IOLA: Best Practices for Lawyers
-Understanding Your Malpractice Insurance Policy: Making Sure You Have the Right Amount and the Right Coverage
-Client Management for the Solo Practitioner
-Wrapup: the 10 Biggest Mistakes Solo Practitioners Make, and What to Do About Them
- May 16, 2024
- 9:00 AM
- 2:30 PM
- 1.5
- 2.5
- 2.0
- 6.0
- Virtual Participation
Starting A Solo Practice In New York, Part II: Operations, Technology And Risk Management
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
9:10 – 10:00 a.m.
Managing Your (Cyber) Practice
• Maximizing Efficiency: Hardware/Software/Cloud
• Cybersecurity: Preventing and Mitigating Risk
• Operational Issues: Data Management
• Emergency Preparedness
Speakers:
Marc J. Natale, Office Administrator, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
1.0 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
10:00 – 10:10 a.m.
Break
10:10 – 11:00 a.m.
Get the Clients and Cases You Want: How to Build a Sophisticated Litigation Practice Outside the Big Firm
• 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
Speaker:
John Balestriere, Esq. | Balestriere Fariello
1.0 MCLE Credit in Law Practice Management
11:00 – 11:50 p.m.
Risk Management, Client Intake, Letters of Engagement, Retainers, and IOLA: Best Practices for Lawyers
Practical tips to help improve your practice and lessen the possibility of a Malpractice claim or grievance.
Speakers:
James D. Spithogiannis, Esq. | L'Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini, LLP
Greg Cooke | Partner/Vice President | USI Affinity
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
11:50 – 12:40 p.m.
Understanding Your Malpractice Insurance Policy: Making Sure You Have the Right Amount and the Right Coverage
• 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?
Speakers:
James D. Spithogiannis, Esq. | L'Abbate Balkan Colavita & Contini, LLP
Greg Cooke | Partner/Vice President | USI Affinity
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
12:40 – 12:50 p.m.
Break
12:50 – 1:40 p.m.
Client Management for the Solo Practitioner
• Choosing the Right Clients
• Client Communications
• Billing Strategies
• Dealing with Late Paying/Non Paying Clients
• Managing Your “Client Mix”
• Ethical Considerations of Client Management
Speaker:
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
0.5 Credit in Ethics, 0.5 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
1:40 – 2:30 p.m.
Wrapup: the 10 Biggest Mistakes Solo Practitioners Make, and What to Do About Them
Speaker:
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
2:30 p.m.
Adjournment
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Offices Of Clifford R. Ennico
- James D. Spithogiannis, Esq., L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, L.L.P.
- Greg Cooke, USI Affinity
- John Balestriere, Esq., Balestriere Fariello
- Marc J. Natale, Littler Mendelson P.C.
- Webinar
- 0NW91B
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Committee on Law Practice Management
- General Practice Section
