By Bankruptcy Attorney
If you haven't realized yet being solo Attorney involves more than the practice of law. Most solos have a small or no support staff. Even if you are fortunate to have one to two staff members you will still wear more hats than you would like.
As a solo you are:
1. Office manager, including but not limited to scheduling (yours and your staff), reviewing the work of others, putting out occasion office fires (figuratively).
2. Financial Director and responsible for budgeting, bookkeeping, raising capital, managing payroll, slashing costs when necessary.
3. Marketing Director--coming up with creative, new, and continuous ways to market your firm and your services to the public.
4. Customer Service Manager--making sure client relationships are well maintained and that they are satisfied and will return and refer others. It is more cost effective for you to be able to maintain your client base vs. having to seek new clients every year or couple of months.
5. Attorney---drafting the pleadings, meeting with clients, attending court, and makings sure your work product is something that both you and your clients will be satisfied with.
Being solo is no small feat. The skills and knowledge you will gain are invaluable. The headaches and the obstacles will seem monstrous. But if you can overcome the inconsistency between the his and the lows, eventually you will either pave a path down prosperity or use the skills you have garnered into another career or position.
Good Luck Solo!
If you would like to join the solo list serv please follow the link here http://groups.google.com/group/solo-practitioners
If you haven't realized yet being solo Attorney involves more than the practice of law. Most solos have a small or no support staff. Even if you are fortunate to have one to two staff members you will still wear more hats than you would like.
As a solo you are:
1. Office manager, including but not limited to scheduling (yours and your staff), reviewing the work of others, putting out occasion office fires (figuratively).
2. Financial Director and responsible for budgeting, bookkeeping, raising capital, managing payroll, slashing costs when necessary.
3. Marketing Director--coming up with creative, new, and continuous ways to market your firm and your services to the public.
4. Customer Service Manager--making sure client relationships are well maintained and that they are satisfied and will return and refer others. It is more cost effective for you to be able to maintain your client base vs. having to seek new clients every year or couple of months.
5. Attorney---drafting the pleadings, meeting with clients, attending court, and makings sure your work product is something that both you and your clients will be satisfied with.
Being solo is no small feat. The skills and knowledge you will gain are invaluable. The headaches and the obstacles will seem monstrous. But if you can overcome the inconsistency between the his and the lows, eventually you will either pave a path down prosperity or use the skills you have garnered into another career or position.
Good Luck Solo!
If you would like to join the solo list serv please follow the link here http://groups.google.com/group/solo-practitioners
