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Can you find it? By Donald E. Weihl Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, February 2017 This article will show you how to create your own data system using a Microsoft Word program.
Can you find it? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, June 2016 This article will show you how to create your own data system using a Microsoft Word program.
Can you find it? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, June 2013 This article will show you how to create your own data system using a Microsoft Word program.
Conducting effective associate reviews By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, September 2012 Increasingly, law firms recognize the importance of conducting regular associate performance reviews. While different firms have different concerns, these tips are broadly applicable. And, while the guidelines in this article address associate evaluation, they can be adapted to other law-office personnel.
Turning out the lights By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, September 2012 Selling a practice requires planning that begins long before the actual sale transaction is to take place. Here's a look at some of the usual steps to be taken in the sale process.
Does your voicemail irritate clients? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, September 2011 Some tips for creating the most effective voice mail messages.
Who does the file belong to? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, December 2010 There are many questions arising from clients who believe that the file an attorney creates for an engagement on behalf of the client is the property of the client.
Where have all the clients gone? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, December 2009 Have your clients stopped calling? Is your daily mail just bills?
More on associates By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, June 2009 From the very beginning there are guidelines/principles that need to be observed/followed in order to serve the clients efficiently and skillfully to accomplish tasks to generate fees as matters are handled to conclusion. The guidelines/principles are seldom communicated to the new associates in written form, and often the associate is simply expected to know without having been specifically told what to do, not do, how to act, or not act.
You want it when? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, September 2008 Specific strategies that will permit breathing room without causing the client to feel the attorney is being unresponsive.
More on engagement letters By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, May 2007 The focus of this article will be on language to be included in engagement letters to provide for advance waivers of conflicts of interest.
The Swiss Inn Syndrome for lawyers By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, June 2005 With the advent of computers and spreadsheet programs, the "Swiss Inn Syndrome" receives little or no attention in economics and accounting classes.
Attracting business 101 By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, January 2005 In the March, 1995 issue of The Bottom Line (Vol. 16, No. 3), an article appeared entitled "Rainmaking." The article included 10 suggestions in the form of practice tips for improving a lawyer's ability to attract business.
More on engagement letters By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, October 2004 In the October, 2002 issue of The Bottom Line (Vol. 24, No. 1), a number of suggestions and examples of appropriate subject matter for engagement letters were discussed.
Mentoring associates By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, April 2004 Watching new associates receive notice that they have passed the bar examination is a lesson in joy for the lawyer who wants to help those new lawyers cultivate the skills that will earn a permanent place in the firm
Is there a Limited Liability Entity in your future? By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, June 2003 Illinois has become the 50th state to adopt rules allowing Limited Liability Entities to practice law in Illinois.
The large-client dilemma By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, December 2002 Law firms of all sizes represent large clients on a day-to-day, month-to-month, and year-to-year basis.
Engagement letters By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, October 2002 This article will discuss the reasons engagement letters are utilized, the benefits they provide, and examples of the content of portions of engagement letters that are commonly in use.
Presenting the bill By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, April 2002 While the practice of law is an honorable profession, a lawyer, like anyone else rendering services, is entitled to be compensated for those services.
It’s time By Donald E. Weihl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, January 2002 In the October, 1991, poll conducted by the section council, articles on efficient use of attorneys' time ranked high in the responses as a desired subject of attention in the newsletter.

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