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Starting a Practice in New York | LPM CLE Program | Sold Out | Webcast Registration Available

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Concierge Conference Center
780 Third Avenue (at 48th Street)
New York, NY 10017
(212) 735-0072

The Live Program in New York City is SOLD OUT.  Webcast Registration is still available.

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

8.0 MCLE Credits
(6.0 areas of professional practice. 2.0 ethics)

Starting a Practice in New York 2013
"Practical and Useful Tips for Starting and Running a Solo Practice"

Are you considering opening your own firm?  Are you a recent law school graduate just starting out? Are you considering leaving your place of employment and starting your own firm?  The New York State Bar Association Law Practice Management Committee is pleased to present a spring CLE program on Starting a Practice in New York.

This full-day program will provide an overview of what it takes to own your own practice.  From choosing a business entity to choosing office space and attracting new clients, this program will provide practical and useful tips for starting a practice in New York. 

Focusing on solo practice, this year's program topics include: choosing a legal entity, working from home, office equipment, choosing a practice area, work-life issues, finding clients, time management, managing and organizing your practice, marketing your solo practice ethically and effectively and much more.  This year's program will conclude with a panel discussion and question and answer segment.  

This program will sell out.  Register today and guarantee your seat at the program.   If you are unable to attend in person, this program will be streamed as a live webcast enabling you to tune in from your home or office.  Webcast registrants will also have access to the archive for over a year and will be able to view the program online, on demand at their leisure.

Program Agenda 

8:30 a.m.                     Registration

9:00 - 9:10                  Welcome and Introduction

9:10 – 10:00                Starting Your Own Law Practice:  The Basics                                 

• Your Business Plan (Yes You Need One)
• Choosing a Legal Entity
• Home Office or Rented Space?
• Your Office Equipment and Technology

Panelists:
Peter Giuliani, Smock Law Firm Consultants
Cliff Ennico, Esq.

(1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice management)

10:00 – 10:50              What Type of Law Should You Practice? Choosing the Right Legal Specialty (or Specialties) in a Tough Market 

• Getting Beyond “Everything That Comes In the Door”
• Identifying Practice Areas with Growth Potential
• Doing “What’s Not Being Done”
• Letting the Market Tell You Who You Are
• When the Client, Not the Practice Area, is the “Specialty”

Panelists:   
Peter Giuliani, Smock Law Firm Consultants
Roberto Cuan, Esq., Cuan & Singh

 (1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice management)

10:50 – 11:00              Break

11:00 – 11:50              Work-Life Issues and the Solo Practice

• When There Are No Barriers Between Work and Life
• Dealing with Time Pressures and Procrastination
• Dealing with Loneliness, Depression and Frustration
• When There Just Isn’t Enough Money Coming In
• Developing a “Support Team” or Virtual Office
• Relationships and the Solo Lawyer

Panelists: 
Jessica Thaler, Esq.
Gary M. Reing, Esq., New York City Bar Association, Lawyers Assistance Program

(1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice  management)

11:50 – 12:10 p.m.      Box Lunch Distribution

12:10 – 1:00 p.m.        Luncheon Keynote

Becoming a “Bathrobe Lawyer” - How to Build a Successful Solo Practice Out of a Home Office

Speaker: Cliff Ennico, Esq.
Author of “The Legal Job Interview” and “Making Partner: How to Go from Associate to Partner in Any Law Firm”

 (1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice  management)

1:00 – 1:10 p.m.          Break

1:10 – 2:00 p.m.          Building a Sophisticated Litigation Practice Outside the Big Firm

• Finding Clients
• Exploiting Your Small Size to Get the Clients and Cases You Want
• Practice and Time Management: Do it Right or Die
• Coordinating With Co-Counsel To Build Your Practice
• Special Pitfalls of Litigation to Avoid

 Speaker:  John Balestriere, Esq.

(1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice  management)

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.          Managing and Organizing Your Practice

• Beyond the Solo Practice
• When Should You Hire Your First Associate, Paralegal, or Administrator?
• Human Resource Issues (Payroll, Insurance, General Accounting)
• Technology: Maximizing Efficiency
• Practice Management Software
• Engagement Letters
• Office Policies
• Procedure Memos and Templates
• Emergency Preparedness

Panelists:         
Marc Natale, Chief of Staff, Balestriere Fariello 
Roberto Cuan, Esq., Cuan & Singh

(1.0 MCLE credit in areas of professional practice/law practice  management)

2:50 – 3:00 p.m.          Break

3:00 – 3:50 p.m.          Marketing Your Solo Practice Ethically and Effectively

• New York Rules on Lawyer Advertising
• Using Facebook, Twitter and Social Media to Market Your Practice

Speaker:  Erin Flynn, Esq.

(1.0 MCLE credit in ethics)

3:50 – 4:40 p.m.          Cutting-Edge Ethical Considerations for the Solo Practitioner 

• When You Are “More Than a Lawyer”: Conflicts of Interest in the Real World
• Working for Chickens: Investing in Clients and Other Nontraditional Forms of Payment
• Representing Family Members, Business Partners and Other Multiple Clients
• When Clients Cross State Lines: Doing Legal Work in Jurisdictions Other Than New York
• “Reader, Advisor, Barista, Attorney at Law”: Combining a Law Practice with Other Sources of Income

Speaker:  Cliff Ennico, Esq.

(1.0 MCLE credit in ethics)

4:40 – 5:00 p.m.          Panel Discussion and Q&A – Issues for the Solo Practitioner in New York

5:00 p.m.                     Adjournment

Can’t attend in person? The program at this location is also available via simultaneous live webcast option. 
Newly admitted attorneys (less than twenty-four months) must attend the program in person 
to receive New York MCLE credit.  

Webcast registrants can view the program live online or view the program segments on demand, at their leisure for up to a year.

8.0 MCLE Credits
(6.0 areas of professional practice/law practice management, 2.0 ethics)

This program is approved for all atttorneys including those newly admitted.

Program Chair

Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Member, NYSBA Law Practice Management Committee

Program Faculty

Clifford R. Ennico, Esq. (Chair)
John G. Balestriere, Esq., Balestriere PLLC, New York, NY
Roberto Cuan, Esq., Cuan & Singh, Teaneck, NJ
Erin K. Flynn, Esq., Law Office of Erin Flynn, New York, NY
Peter A. Giuliani, Smock Law Firm Consultants, Westin, CT
Marc Natale, Balestriere Fariello, New York, NY
Gary M. Reing, Esq., New York City Bar Association, Lawyers Assistance Program
Jessica Thaler, Esq., Law Offices of Jessica Thaler Esq., New York, NY 

Program Sponsors

Co-Sponsoring Organizations

Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Black Bar Association of Bronx County
Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association
Dominican Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association - New York, Region II
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Metropolitan Black Bar Association
National Bar Association, Region II
Network of Bar Leaders
Nigerian Lawyers Association, Inc.
Westchester Black Bar Association
Brooklyn Chapter, Women’s Bar Association
South Asian Bar Association of New York State
Staten Island Chapter Women’s Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
Puerto Rican Bar Association

NYSBA Sections and Committees
Business Law Section
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
Dispute Resolution Section
Elder Law Section
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section
Health Law Section
Intellectual Property Law Section
Labor and Employment Law Section
Real Property Law Section
Senior Lawyers Section
Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
Trusts and Estates Law Section
Young Lawyers Section
Committee on Lawyers in Transition
Lawyer Assistance Committee
Law Practice Management Committee

Members of co-sponsoring organizations can register at the NYSBA member rate using the link below or by calling1-800-582-2452.

Special Thanks to our Sponsors:

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Starting a Practice in New York | LPM CLE Program
8.0 MCLE Credits

Thursday, May 16, 2013 |  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Concierge Conference Center
780 Third Avenue (at 48th Street)
New York, NY 10017

Directions

Between 48th and 49th Street Using Public Transit: Take the 4, 5, 6, S Subway to Grand Central Station Walk one block East to Third Ave, continue North on Third Ave to 48th Street Take the E, V Subway to Lexington Ave/53rd Street. Walk one block East to Third Ave, continue South to 49th Street.

This program will also be streamed as a live webcast.  If you are unable to attend in person, sign up for the live webcast.  You will be emailed the link to view the program.  Webcast registrants will have access to the program archive for over a year and will be able to view the program online, on demand at their leisure.

For questions about this program, please contact Kathy Suchocki, Director of Law Practice Management at the New York State Bar Association at
(518) 487-5590 or ksuchocki@nysba.org.

To learn more about law practice management resources available to NYSBA members, visit www.nysba.org/LPM.

The last day to pre-register online was May 15, 2013.

Members, please login to get member discounts.

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