The Business Guide to Law: Creating and Operating a Successful Law Firm - Softcover

Lavelle, Kerry M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634252365 ISBN 13: 9781634252362

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2016

Synopsis

There are many books out there about starting a law firm and growing your practice. What makes The Business Guide to Law stand out is the focus on the business aspect. It answers all those necessary questions (and more) that are important in creating and growing a unique law firm business. Author Kerry M. Lavelle is a lawyer that started and grew a law practice, and this book grows from his experience and wisdom. This book covers, in great detail, the time needed by you, and how best to spend it to grow your law firm.

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About the Author

Kerry Lavelle received hisundergraduate degree in Economics from North Park University. He then earned anMBA in Finance and Economics from DePaul University before pursuing his J.D. atthe DePaul University College of Law. He began his own practice, Lavelle LegalServices in 1989, focusing primarily on matters of tax law. Today, the firm known asLavelle Law, Ltd. has grown to include twenty attorneys with practice groups inTax, Business Law, Commercial Real Estate, Estate Planning, Criminal Law, HomeHealth Care, Small Business, Gaming Law, Bankruptcy, Corporate Formation, FamilyLaw, Litigation, Grocery Law, Employment Law, Residential Real Estate,Securities and LGBT Law. A frequently publishedattorney, Lavelle has also hosted a weekly public policy television program andalong with the other attorneys in the firm is a regular contributor to a weeklypodcast series Chicago's Legal Latte." He is received numerouscommendations and awards for his tireless commitment to both charities and probono legal services. His entire staff is committed to a wide range ofcharitable events through Lavelle Law Charities. Lavelle has served as an adjunct facultymember at John Marshall Law School, teaching a course in I.R.S. Practice andProcedure and as an adjunct faculty member at William Rainey Harper CollegeIllinois where he has taught courses in Business Law and Economics. Mr. Lavelle resides in Inverness, IL with hiswife Geralyn and their four children.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1634252365
• ISBN 13: 9781634252362
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 537