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?

Our experienced faculty provides you with a blueprint for starting a practice in New York State. Panelists offer practical tips and advice to maximize your chances of success. From choosing your business entity to choosing the right software, speakers provide an overview of what you need to know to start a practice in New York.

Program Topics

• Choosing a Business Entity and Creating and Financing Your Law Practice – What You Need to Know

• Attorney Escrow Accounts, IOLA and Ethics

• Insurance Considerations

• The “Virtual Law” Office – Practical Considerations/Reality

• Organizing Your Practice – The Importance of Creating Systems and Procedures

• Leveraging Technology in Your Practice

• Basic Human Resources – Questions and Answers

• Marketing Your Practice – Ethical Considerations

Program Faculty

Chair and Moderator

Anthony Q. Fletcher, Esq. 
Office of Anthony Q. Fletcher, PC
—New York City

Speakers

Partha R. Chattoraj, Esq.
Allegaert Berger & Vogel, LLP
—New York City

Peter A. Giulianii
Smock Law Firm Consultant
—Weston, CT

Scott E. Kossove, Esq.
L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
—Garden City

Shalom Leaf, Esq.
Shalom Leaf, PC
—New York City

John R. McCarron, Esq.
Montes & McCarron, PLLC
—Tuckahoe

Norma Ortiz, Esq.
Ortiz & Ortiz, LLP
Brooklyn

Walter Rivera, Esq.
Rivera & Colon, LLP
—New York City

Joel A. Rose
Joel A. Rose and Associates
—Cherry Hill, NJ

Nancy B. Schess, Esq.
Klein Zelman Rothermel LLP
—New York City

Hal Stewart
Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
—New York City

Total MCLE Credits 8.0
Ethics MCLE Credits 2.0

This archived webcast is a video online program that you will view and listen to on your computer screen.

This program was recorded on May 18, 2012.  For more information about Law Practice Management programs, visit www.nysba.org/LPM.