The Care & Feeding of Clients
January/February 2008
Volume 25, Number 1
Features | Columns
- The Client Matters »
by Robert A. Kraft
- Always give the impression that you’re doing more than just the minimum for your client. And be nice.
- Customer Service Essentials »
by Nina L. Kaufman
- To have a stable of happy clients, focus on the three C’s of good lawyering: competency, communication, and creativity.
- Client Communication and Contact »
by Betty Adams
- Clients need to know how to reach their lawyer and what to expect from the relationship.
- Malpractice: What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate »
by Timothy J. Gephart
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- My Pal Esquire »
by David J. Abeshouse
- Just because you are not having frequent case-related contact with your clients doesn’t mean you cannot have regular social contact with them. Keep yourself “top of mind” for their future legal needs.
- Billing 101 »
by Allison C. Shields
- The way you approach billing can have a profound effect on whether you are blessed with the kinds of clients who are happy and loyal, who refer business, and who pay in full and on time.
- Start-ups: Providing Value with Non-Legal Advice »
by Stephen T. Furnari
- Many times, your business expertise can save start-up clients enough money to pay off your fee.
- Preparing Clients for Litigation »
by Andrew C. Simpson
- Be sure your clients know what to expect, how to behave, and what the objective is for depositions, mediation, or trial.
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do »
by Peter Geraghty
- When a firm splits up or when a lawyer leaves for another firm, many ethical considerations come into play.
- Ethical Hazards of Solo and Small Firm Practice »
by Benjamin Cowgill
- You owe it to yourself to recognize the perils that accompany your choice of practice settings.
- Yikes! How to Deliver Bad News and Disclose Mistakes »
by Maurice Grant and Eileen M. Letts
- Sometimes it’s more painful for lawyers to deliver bad news than it is for clients to hear it.
- From the Editor »
by Joan M. Burda
- Lawyers, Clients, and the Practice of Law
- The Chair’s Corner »
by Keith B. McLennan
- The Client Is the Enemy
- GP|Solo Division News »
- New Division Director, ABA TECHSHOW, Nominating Committee Report
- Ready Resources »
- Ready Resources in the Care and Feeding of Clients
- Being Solo »
by David Leffler
- This Way Out: Taking the Leap into a Partnership
- In the Solution »
by Doreen A. Diego
- Depression: The Parable of the Boiling Frog
- Product Review »
by Timothy J. Rushenberg
- Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell, Third Edition
- GP Mentor »
by Lisa A. Runquist
- Representing Nonprofits
GPSOLO (ISSN-1520-331X) is published eight times a year (January/February, March, April/May, June, July/August, September, October/November and December) by the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division, 321 N Clark, Chicago, IL 60610.
The magazine is committed to fulfilling the special needs of general, solo, and small firm practitioners. The contents of GPSOLO do not necessarily represent the views of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division or the American Bar Association, but are the views of respected members of the profession.
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