Renew Your Membership, Spread the Word about GPSolo

The best recruitment campaign is your personal story regarding your membership experience. Give the gift of GPSolo membership by sharing your experiences in the ABA and GPSolo with your colleagues. We need you to be the cheerleader for the profession that you live and breathe every day. Let’s spread the word about the ABA and GPSolo today!

GPSolo Magazine Is Now Digital-Only

This is the first digital-only issue of GPSolo magazine. You can now read GPSolo in four digital formats that can be viewed on a variety of devices, from smartphones to tablets to laptop and desktop computer screens:

• a fully illustrated and linked PDF, ideal for reading on a laptop or desktop computer, iPad, Android tablet, or Kindle Fire tablet (you can also print out the PDF version if you want to read individual articles or the entire issue in print);
• a specially designed EPUB, ideal for reading on an iPhone or Android smartphone; it is also perfect for an iPad or an Android tablet if you want to increase the font size for greater readability;
• the online version of GPSolo magazine posted to the ABA website; and
• the GPSolo e-newsletter sent directly to your e-mail in-box, with live links to the website versions of the articles.

All digital versions—and instructions for how to download and use them—can be found at ambar.org/gpsolomag. Please let us know about your experience with these electronic formats and how we can improve them. Send your feedback directly to Managing Editor Robert Salkin at robert.salkin@americanbar.org.

Call for Nominations for 2020–2021 Secretary, Budget Officer, and Council Members-at-Large

The Nominating Committee will meet during the 2019 Solo & Small Firm Summit to nominate individuals for the positions of Secretary, Budget Officer, and Members-at-Large of the Council. In accordance with the Division Bylaws, the committee will nominate five Council Members-at-Large to serve four-year terms (§4.4) and a Budget Officer to serve a three-year term (§5.8.3). Minority applicants are encouraged. The duties, terms of office, and eligibility requirements for each of the positions to be filled are outlined in the Division Bylaws (tinyurl.com/y44mvnb6). To be considered, please complete the online nominating questionnaire (tinyurl.com/y52gpkxy) no later than Friday, October 4, 2019, 5:00 pm Central Time. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Wildi at steve.wildi@americanbar.org.

Introducing a New Member Benefit with Tabs3 Software and CosmoLex

Tabs3 Software provides industry-leading billing, accounting, and practice management software to law firms. With Tabs3’s integrated suite of products, firms can securely access their data away from the office, take online payments, and increase billable time by quickly sending invoices and entering data once. GPSolo members are eligible to receive a 10 percent discount off a subscription to Tabs3 or its cloud product, CosmoLex, for the first year. Redeem your 10 percent off at tabs3.com/gp.

GPSolo Podcasts: A Free Member Benefit

GPSolo’s podcasts are recorded programs available to GPSolo members at no additional cost. The Brown Bag Series features presentations on timely legal topics, and new recordings are featured on the second Wednesday of every month. The Hot Off the Press Series features a GPSolo book presented by the author, and new recordings are featured on the third Wednesday of every other month. Check out our podcast libraries at ambar.org/podcast.

GPSolo Magazine’s “Veterans Law” Issue Wins Awards

GPSolo magazine’s January/February 2018 (35:1) “Veterans Law” issue recently received two awards. It won an APEX Award for Publications Excellence in the category “Magazines, Journals, & Tabloids - Print - +32 pages” (tinyurl.com/yxkua2sb) and was named a “Top 25 Best Single Issue” in the Tabbie Awards overseen by Trade, Association and Business Publications International (tabpi.org/awards.htm).

Congratulations to Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Jeffrey Allen; Issue Editors Alan E. DeWoskin (convening issue editor), Sheila-Marie Finkelstein, Savannah Potter-Miller, Eileen Sullivan, and Thomas Tully; consultants Jeffrey J. Bunten and James M. Durant III; the entire GPSolo magazine Editorial Board; Managing Editor Robert Salkin; former Senior Art Director Tamara Kowalski; Production Coordinator Karrie Dowling; and everyone who helped make this issue such a success.

Division Leadership

The Division is pleased to announce the leadership for the 2019–2020 Bar Year:

Executive Committee

Chair Richard A. DeMichele Jr.

Chair-Elect Alfreda D. Coward

Vice Chair Stephen J. Curley

Secretary Scott C. LaBarre

Immediate Past Chair Melanie Bragg

Budget Officer Alan O. Olson

Revenue Director Stephen D. Williams

Division Delegates to the House of Delegates Travis A. Cushman, Jennifer A. Rymell, and Melanie Bragg

New Council Members-at-Large David H. Lefton, Deian McBryde, Eileen Sullivan, and John Swartz

Board of Governors Liaison Laura Sharp

Law Student Division Liaison Emily Wilkinson

Diversity Fellows James Lewis, Emil Ovbiagele, Margaret Jane Powers, and Amar Raval

Young Lawyer Fellows Felicia Hamilton and LaBrae McMillan