Lawyers Money And Success

Author : Macklin Fleming
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313035318
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyers, Money, and Success written by Macklin Fleming and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired Justice Macklin Fleming argues that in its quest for money, the legal profession has lost sight of its true tasks and responsibilities, with the result that the profession is rife with client dissatisfaction, public distrust, and individual lawyer discontent. Money is now the measure of success, he says, and honesty has been diluted, while fiduciary responsibility has eroded. Fleming elaborates his case with unusual rigor. In the quest for the brass ring of financial success, corner-cutting, absence of candor, and distortions of fact have become increasingly tolerated, to the extent that clients, the public, and lawyers themselves no longer have a sense of trust and confidence in the legal profession. Obviously, changes are needed, and unless they come from within the firms themselves, lawyers can be sure that they will come from individuals, agencies, and organizations outside these firms. Attorneys in all kinds of practices, their clients in all sectors of the economy, and academics concerned with the practice of law in all its dimensions will find Fleming's book informative, challenging, and certainly provocative reading. Fleming starts by examining what he sees as a paradox: a large increase in lawyers' fees despite a fourfold increase in lawyer numbers and a threefold increase in their proportion of the general population. What happened to the law of supply and demand? he asks. After tracing the history of the large corporate law firm and its dominance within the profession, he shows how cost-effectiveness within large firms has declined while at the same time what he calls the magic of the emperor's new clothes has suspended the law of supply and demand. He discusses excessive legal fees, their resistance to client and court controls, and relates his discussion to the present pervasive distrust of lawyers among the public. Fleming outlines the four existing challenges to business-as-usual by lawyers and law firms, and then ventures his own analysis of the needed future changes in law firms. These include professional law firm management under a less archaic structure, effective integrity and quality controls, cost-controlled delivery of legal services, and increased job satisfaction for its working lawyers.

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Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Author : Nelson P. Miller
Publisher : Vandeplas Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781600422232
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lawyer Finances-Principles and Practices for Personal and Professional Financial Success written by Nelson P. Miller and published by Vandeplas Pub.. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too few lawyers know the financial principles and practices that make for personal and professional success. Lawyers are very good at many things necessary for law practice. They know the law and have the skills and identity to put the law to good use for their clients. They sometimes overlook, though, that their personal and professional finances can determine how long and effectively they are able to serve those clients. Finances can determine the success and failure of lawyers and their firms. Personal finances can make and break individual lawyers. When lawyers discern and follow sound financial principles and practices, they gain rewarding and sustaining peace of mind, purpose, stability, and security. Finances can also make and break firms. When the managing members of firms agree on and follow sound professional financial principles and practices, they lay and build a foundation for sustainable practice. This book introduces principles of personal and professional finance for lawyers. For lawyers personally, the subjects include financial statements and budgeting, risk management and insurance planning, and investment and retirement planning. For law firm financial management, the subjects include legal and capital structures, annual financial plans, balance sheets, working capital, operating statements, ratio analyses, and financial targets. Lawyers and law students who read this book should find encouraging confirmation of core commitments that they and others whom they trust have made and followed around finances. The principles and practices this book promotes are not a get-rich-quick scheme. They instead help lawyers prepare, plan, and practice wisely using modern methods made sound with the wisdom of the ages.

Author : Joseph C. Goulden
Publisher : Truman Talley Books
ISBN 13 : 1466883073
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Money Lawyers written by Joseph C. Goulden and published by Truman Talley Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Money Lawyers Joseph C. Goulden vividly describes how lawyering has become a money-driven business, not just a profession. It explores the lucrative world of class-action litigation, where plaintiff lawyers - "The Class-Action Club" - garner billions of dollars in damages and fees through suits against manufacturers of items such as breast implants, asbestos, and diet pills. Also featured are the new super-lawyer David Boies of IBM/Florida vote fame; the Washington, D.C., lawyer-lobbyist Tom Boggs; and the mess divorce of securities "strike-suit law" William Lerach of San Diego and Melvyn Weiss of New York. Additionally, the dark side of "white-shoe law" is detailed in an account of how a Wall Street firm cast out partners so that survivors could make more money, and the price the firm paid for its blatant disloyalty.

Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 034553199X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Torts written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous settlement that would totally change his life—that would make him, almost overnight, the legal profession’s newest king of torts... Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!

Author : Charles G. Vaccaro
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781432760403
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to be a Lawyer written by Charles G. Vaccaro and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who gets through law school knows a lot about the law. The problem is that they don't know how to run a law practice and provide legal services to clients. This book provides lawyers with the nuts and bolts of doing just that as well as how to keep clients coming back-in other words-how to be a lawyer and make money. "How to be a Lawyer" is a collection of those proven techniques and procedures, along with insights gained from years of experience, in a format designed to help lawyers have a more rewarding experience in their chosen profession. The lawyer who attracts and satisfies more clients makes more money. This book tells you how to do that and more. It reveals the secrets to minimizing necessary administrative tasks and allowing lawyers to do what they are trained to do - provide legal services to clients.

Author : Joseph Michael Dickerson
Publisher : BookPros, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0979027500
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Road Map to Rich written by Joseph Michael Dickerson and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road Map to Rich will teach you how you can become a millionaire in real estate with the use of time and a little money. In this book, find out what a successful lawyer, investor and entrepreneur advises his clients about getting rich. Are you up to the challenge of being in business for yourself? This book will help you discover what you need to know before you get started.

Author : Jason Mendelson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111983581X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Be a Lawyer written by Jason Mendelson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your legal education into a successful and fulfilling legal career In How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success, a team of veteran lawyers and entrepreneurs delivers an eye-opening discussion of how to translate your years of training and education into a running start in the world of practice. The book bridges the gap between law school and practice, whether you hope to be a big firm transactional attorney, a solo criminal lawyer, work for the government or any other legal profession. You’ll discover how you can use what you learned in law school and how you can develop the real skills you’ll need as you deal with clients and colleagues. The authors explain what your professors won’t tell you in law school and what employers and clients will actually expect from you. You’ll also find: Case studies and guest chapters describing the transition to major areas of law and how it can and should affect your law school decision making Expert advice on making your first job a successful one Guidance on how to avoid the most common career pitfalls and client mistakes Unfiltered opinions from clients about what they really think about lawyers An ideal resource for aspiring and current law students and early career lawyers, How to Be a Lawyer is the practical blueprint you need to build your legal career from scratch.

Author : Mitt Regan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022674227X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BigLaw written by Mitt Regan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Recession intensified large law firms’ emphasis on financial performance, leading to claims that lawyers in these firms were now guided by business rather than professional values. Based on interviews with more than 250 partners in large firms, Mitt Regan and Lisa H. Rohrer suggest that the reality is much more complex. It is true that large firm hiring, promotion, compensation, and termination policies are more influenced by business considerations than ever before and that firms actively recruit profitable partners from other firms to replace those they regard as unproductive. At the same time, law firm partners continue to seek the non-financial rewards of being members of a distinct profession and are sensitive to whether their firms are committed to providing them. Regan and Rohrer argue that modern firms responding effectively to business demands while credibly affirming the importance of non-financial professional values can create strong cultures that enhance their ability to weather the storms of the modern legal market.

Author : John Burnett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781432745790
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Marketing Can Help Lawyers Make More Money written by John Burnett and published by . This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Role of Marketing in Law Firms Marketing is still not highly regarded by modern law firms. This is especially true for solo and mid-sized firms, who neither have the resources or motivation to learn and implement strategic marketing. Yet, marketing offers such firms their best opportunity to survive and prosper. This book offers a comprehensive and relevant explanation of strategic marketing that will work for lawyers and their firms. As always, the success level is a function of whether the reader is willing to commit the time and energy to this process. If you do, you will make more money!.