March 2012 (Vol. 16, No. 5)

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Fiscal Aerobics: Tips to Improve Your Firm’s Financial Fitness By Patricia A. Yevics

Practical tips that will help you with your firm's financial well being.

Fifteen Technology Tips for Your Practice

By Adam M. Spence

Fifteen technology tips to help your practice thrive.

Doing the Little Things: How to Write a Better Brief

By Corey Asay, Greg Baden

Suggestions that will ensure your briefs are more effective and more easily understood by the judge.

Fortune One First-Year: Becoming an In-House Attorney

By Fern Carty

Best practices that will help any lawyer new to in-house practice navigate a corporate legal environment.

Omar J. Alaniz : National Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2011

By Kara J. Johnson

Omar J. Alaniz is the American Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division’s National Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2011.

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Tax Savings Tips for the Young Lawyer

By Tzvi Ausubel

Build your financial history by tax planning, ensuring timely filing of your returns, paying your tax liability by April 15, and avoiding underpayment of estimated tax penalties and interest.

Redefining Successful Work/Life Practices and Getting to Win-Win

By Thomas S. Clay, Shelly Clay-Robison

Only when the law firm’s profit motives, the producers’ career and work/life considerations, and the clients’ needs are truly and collaboratively addressed can solutions be fashioned.