GPSolo Magazine - March 2004
SECTION NEWS GENERAL PRACTICE, SOLO AND SMALL FIRM
Save the Date: 2004 Spring Meeting
Section Chair William Hogan invites you to join us for what will truly be a most memorable meeting, April 21-25, at the Gold Canyon Golf Resort located at the foothills of the Superstition Mountains outside of sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The Section will be presenting our Lifetime Achievement-Difference Maker Award to the esteemed General Earl E. Anderson. In addition to the gala dinner on Friday to fete our award winner, the Section will be holding numerous committee meetings as well as hosting a golf tournament. You won’t want to miss out on all the fun! Did we mention most of the rooms at the resort have their own hot tubs and that the resort’s golf course was rated as the number-one public golf course in Arizona? Rooms/casitas start at $122! For more information on this meeting, please visit www.abanet.org/genpractice/events/04spring.
Young Lawyers Page
Judge Jennifer Rymell, Chair of the Section’s Young Lawyers Committee, invites you to visit the Section’s newest resource for our young lawyers. Our Young Lawyers Welcome Page provides a wealth of resources at your fingertips, from finding out more about the Section’s benefits, to highlighting recent NewLawyer articles, to providing book suggestions on topics relevant to your level of practice. Please visit the Young Lawyers page at www.abanet.org/genpractice/younglawyers.
2004 Atlanta Annual Meeting Passport
The General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division is pleased to announce the availability of Section Passports. Passports include admission to the Section’s Friday CLE programs as well as to all Law Practice Management and Litigation Section CLE programs at no additional cost ( admission to Solo Day excluded).
Price Information
$150 for Section members
$175 for non-Section members
$100 for YLD, government, and judges
FREE to law students
Solo Day 2004
We Are a Team: 99 Tips for Maximizing Your Potential
While in Atlanta, be sure not to miss Solo Day 2004, featuring three educational sessions:
- “Marketing for Solos—It’s a Team Effort” Panelists: Thomas E. Kane, author of Letters for Lawyers: Essential Communication for Clients, Prospects and Others; and Chong Kim, a solo practitioner and Fulton County magistrate judge in Atlanta, Georgia.
- “Having Your Malpractice Carrier Be Part of Your Team” Presented by Prolegia, a full-service program for lawyers.
- “Teaming with Other Attorneys—Without Losing Your Client” Panelists: William D. Friend of Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; and John Lewis Jr., Counsel, Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia. Solo Day attendees will receive a copy of “We Are a Team: 99 Tips for Maximizing Your Potential”—a list of 99 of the best tips from the Solo Day program.
Price Information $125, includes a copy of Letters for Lawyers. $75 without the book. To purchase a Passport or Solo Day event ticket, please visit www.abanet.org/annual/2004.
Hot Off the Presses
Letters for Litigators: Essential Communications for Opposing Counsel, Witnesses, Clients, and Others by Daniel I. Small and Robin Page West.
Save time and simplify your office routine. This publication includes numerous letters that can help simplify the task of communicating with opposing counsel, witnesses, clients, the court, and others. As an added benefit, all letters contained in the book are also included on CD ROM.
As electronic communication via quick e-mails and voice mail becomes the norm, and paper letters the exception, it becomes increasingly important not to lose sight of the importance of documenting the file and maintaining a professional tone. These letters simplify and expedite this effort, whether they are sent in paper form or via e-mail. Don’t reinvent the wheel; start with these letters instead.
238 pages, plus CD ROM ISBN: 1-59031-268-6 Regular price: $80; General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division Members: $65. Visit our website and order now: www.abanet.org/genpractice/books.