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Use Financial, Management Reports to Increase Your Profitability

By Paul Sullivan
May
2003
Column
, Page 257
Your accounting program can produce reports that help you measure productivity and improve your bottom line. Are you using them to full advantage?

Calculated Overhead to Determine Profitability

By Paul Sullivan
March
2003
Column
, Page 143
Can you truly measure how much each lawyer costs your firm and how much profit he or she generates? Here's a guide to getting an accurate cost/revenue picture.

The “Problem Lawyer”

By Karen Erger
February
2003
Column
, Page 93
The damage that drug, alcohol, or otherwise impaired "problem lawyers" do to your firm lingers long after they leave. Here's how to nip problems in the bud, and maybe salvage a career in the bargain.

Illinois Legal Ethics 101

By Thomas More Donnelly
January
2003
Article
, Page 18
Answers to some of the most common legal ethics questions.

A Day in the Life of Future Lawyer

By Todd Flaming
December
2002
Column
, Page 665
A technolegal tale from the future. And the future is good.

File Retention: Preventing Brownfields in Your Storage Room

By Karen Dilibert
December
2002
Column
, Page 667
How can you avoid a massive, Superfund-style client-file cleanup down the road? Here are some pointers.

Arguments That Work: Rhetorical Strategies for Argumentation

By Maureen B. Collins
November
2002
Column
, Page 611
After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your facts and evidence, use one of the rhetorical strategies described here to argue your case.

Communicating with Colleagues

By Maureen B. Collins
October
2002
Column
, Page 555
Attorney-client relationships aren't the only important ones in your professional life. Learn how to talk to your partners, associates and other lawyer-coworkers.

Legislation creates Lawyers’ Assistance Program Act P. A. 92-0747

October
2002
Illinois Law Update
, Page 512
On July 31, 2002, Gov. George H. Ryan signed into law House Bill 4078, which creates the Lawyers' Assistance Program Act and amends the state Finance Act.

Ten Easy Things New Lawyers Can Do to Mess up Their Careers

By Karen J. Dilibert
October
2002
Column
, Page 557
A career is a terrible thing to waste; but if you insist, here's how to do it.

The Leak-Free Office: Preventing Accidental Breaches of Confidentiality

By Paul Sullivan
July
2002
Column
, Page 377
Are you doing all you should to make sure confidential client information stays that way in your office?

Document-Retention Policies in the Wake of Enron

By David F. Barlett
June
2002
Article
, Page 317
Find out how a uniform and consistent document-retention policy can protect your clients.

Take Pride in Your Profession

By Tim Eaton
June
2002
Column
, Page 280
Justice Felix Frankfurter once said in receiving an award: "Gratitude is one of the least articulate emotions, especially when it is deep.

Emergency Preparedness Pointers for Lawyers

By Paul Sullivan
May
2002
Column
, Page 265
Let's face it; sometimes you can't prevent fires, floods, violent attacks and the like from wreaking havoc in the workplace. But you can prepare for the worst.

Putting Family First

By Tim Eaton
May
2002
Column
, Page 224
Jane, Brian, Brent and Amanda; my wife and three children; my family. I have not mentioned them this year in my column.

Appellate Judges and Lawyers: Building the Edifice of Law

By Tim Eaton
April
2002
Column
, Page 166
When we were in law school we learned the basic principles of constitutional, criminal, contract, and tort law by studying opinions written in our state and federal reviewing courts.

You Can’t Take It with You (and You Can’t Sell It, Either)

By Karen J. Dilibert
April
2002
Column
, Page 213
Given that Illinois sole practitioners can't sell their practices, how can they prepare for death or retirement? This article discusses the problem and outlines a few steps solos can take on behalf of clients and family.

125 Years of Making a Difference

By Tim Eaton
March
2002
Column
, Page 112
Eighty-eight lawyers from 37 counties met in the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield on January 4, 1877, to formalize the beginning of the Illinois State Bar Association.

Protecting Your Firm Against Loss of Key Employees

By Paul Sullivan
March
2002
Column
, Page 147
Do you find yourself printing e-mail missives and saving the paper? Here's a better way to create an e-mail archive.

Reporting Your Partners and Associates to the ARDC

By Michael L. Shakman, Arthur W. Friedman, & Thomas M. Staunton
March
2002
Article
, Page 143
What is a lawyer's Himmel obligation to report other lawyers in his or her firm?

Write for Success in Discovery

By Maureen B. Collins
March
2002
Column
, Page 149
Don't underestimate the importance of interrogatories and other forms of written discovery as a way to glean information that can strengthen your case.

Getting Real-World Advice on Ethical Dilemmas

By Karen J. Dilibert
February
2002
Column
, Page 99
Don't let your brainchildren be like the proverbial cobbler's shoeless kids; lawyer, protect your IP rights.

Managing E-Mail (Part 2): Storing Messages

By Todd Flaming
February
2002
Column
, Page 95
Do you find yourself printing e-mail missives and saving the paper? Here's a better way to create an e-mail archive.

A Matter of Trust

By Tim Eaton
February
2002
Column
, Page 60
When I was growing up in Decatur, I had an image of lawyers that has shaped my view of our profession later in life.

Can we talk (to the other side’s employees)?

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
January
2002
LawPulse
, Page 10
If you're suing a company that's represented by counsel, when can you talk directly to its employees?

Incivility: The Exception, Not the Rule

By Tim Eaton
January
2002
Column
, Page 8
A few years ago, as we finished closing arguments in a trial, my opposing counsel came over, shook my hand, and congratulated me on a job well done. I reciprocated with the same compliment.

Litigation Expenses; Should Attorneys Be Presumed Liable?

By John D. Ingram
January
2002
Article
, Page 41
Professor Ingram argues that attorneys, not clients, should be liable for the fees of third-party providers unless they expressly disclaim.

Protecting Your Communications

By Maureen B. Collins
January
2002
Column
, Page 47
Don't let your brainchildren be like the proverbial cobbler's shoeless kids; lawyer, protect your IP rights.

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Client

By Karen J. Dilibert
December
2001
Column
, Page 663
That filing deadline looms and you can't find your client; now what do you do?

Communicating Condolences

By Maureen B. Collins
November
2001
Column
, Page 601
Aching to "do something"? Every small act of courtesy and civility helps in the wake of September 11.

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