Focus on Practice Management
Last week I was a speaker at the Solo and Small Law Office Conference that was put on by the Virginia Trial Lawyer’s Association. They had speakers from around the country and was (I believe) the best conference of this type in the country. I was very impressed with the speakers, but was more impressed with the participants. The lawyers were very engaged and actively listening and participating in the sessions. They were very involved in the discussions and how to better their practice.
Several weeks before that, I just got back from a practice management retreat that was fabulous. It was a private retreat and I’m still digesting all of the information that I received. Right now, I’m spending a lot of time focusing on the cases and moving them forward.
Why the focus on practice management? The better run your office is, the better lawyer you can be. The more smoothly your office runs, the more time you can spend being a lawyer.
While my overall focus is on being the best trial lawyer I can be, don’t be surprised if the posts are slanted towards practice management for a bit.
