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The author went directly from law school into solo law practice, after reading every book available on starting a law practice. After ten years of finding what worked and what didn't, he realized he had become a mentor for the new lawyer:

The book is not so much to replace Jay Foonberg's excellent book, How to Start & Build a Law Practice, as to supplement it. The author found Foonberg's book lacking in such important areas as choosing an area of practice, marketing, and client management.

Now in its third major revision, How to Start a Solo Law Practice provides even more practical and inspirational guidance for the lawyer looking to take the plunge into self-employment.

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Very Helpful Book	Customer Rating:
Overall, a very good book and well worth buying. As the title says it gives the "nuts and bolts" on starting and running your law office. The book is easy to read and digest.

It's just OK	Customer Rating:
I thought this book was helpful in some ways, but what I remember most is how the author got bogged down in the details of selecting a font and entering his time through his handheld PDA. Ultimately, my review is positive, but if you're only going to buy one book about starting a solo practice, I would buy another. This is probably a pretty good second reference, though.

Excellent Compliment to Jay Foonberg's Book

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I am currently in the process of starting my own law practice and found this book very helpful. It is well written, well organized and easy to read. I found this book to be inspiring because it shows that someone who does not have a huge bank account can still start and run a law practice. I purchased both this book and the one by Jay Foonberg; I have found that between the two books every aspect of starting and running a practice is covered. Foonberg's book offers a lot of good advice, but it is geared towards the lawyer who wants to start their own "white Shoe" law firm and has an unlimited budget. This book is written for the lawyer who wants to get away from that type of practice and has a limited budget. Additionally, this book offers ways to achieve some of the suggestions Foonberg gives, for a person of more limited means, without sacrificing the quality of service. There are so many aspects to starting a law firm and once you jump in, there are things that are easily overlooked. This book lays them all out so that you don't forget anything. It provides a wealth of information in a compact form and is an excellent resource that I highly recommend.

An essential guide to starting a solo law practice

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To start a solo law practice, you need to know more than just how to practice law. You need to know how to do the research to find out if you can make living in the kind of law you want to practice. You need to know what kind of marketing will bring clients in to your office. You also need to to know how to set up the everyday things that associates in large firms take for granted, like how to set up a filing system, what kind of furniture your office needs, and what kind of phone and computer systems will help you. The list goes on and on, and if you've never started a business, you probably have no clue how much you don't know that you need. It's all overwhelming without a guide. Hal Davis is that guide, and this book contains a wealth of information that would otherwise have taken me years of experience to gain. My copy has post-it notes every couple of pages, and every page generated notes and entries in my to-do list for starting my office. I would not even think of trying to start a solo practice without the information here, and it's all contained in a readable format that fits into my briefcase. I highly recommend this book to both those who are new grads and those who are going solo after years of practice.