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Planning For Retirement of A Managing Partner THE NEWSLETTER FOR LEGAL OFFICE MANAGERS LAW OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Volume X / Number 7 JULY 2001 (Reprinted with permission of Ardmore Publishing Company) Put Some Long-Term Planning Into Partner Retirement Planning for Retirement: How Not To Lose The Clients - Or The Firm Partner retirement is a watershed event, particularly when the partner has originated a large portion of the business ...

What Are The Duties of a New Law Firm Administrator? THE NEWSLETTER FOR LEGAL OFFICE MANAGERS LAW OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Volume X / Number 1:: JANUARY 2001 (Reprinted with permission of Ardmore Publishing Company)   Reader Question Submitted by (name withheld by request): What are the duties of a new law firm administrator? Question: Our office is small, and we have never had a law firm administrator. Now the attorneys have asked m...

Why Go Paperless? With a paperless office, attorneys and support staff can find documents without having to leave their desks or rummage through file cabinets or boxes. Also, when it comes time to close files, it is a simple matter to drag them from an active work directory to an archive directory, thus eliminating the need to find space to store retired files. Also, not to forget, you are doing this planet a great service by opting to go pap...

Attorney Engagement Letter: The Ins, Outs & The Terms THE NEWSLETTER FOR LEGAL OFFICE MANAGERS LAW OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Volume XVI / Number 6 JUNE 2007 (Reprinted with permission of Ardmore Publishing Company)   The Ins, Outs, and Terms Of The Engagement Letter Who, What, And How Much It tells who’s representing whom for what and for how much. The purpose of engagement letter is to see that the firm gets paid and s...