- Introduction
- Recent Programs
- Time! Manage Yours Well To Have An Effective Practice & Reduce Stress
- Careers in Tax Law: A Panel of Distinguished Practitioners Discuss Different Areas of Tax Practice
- How to Network: Tips and Techniques
- What You Never Learned In Law School: The Mechanics of Running a Law Practice
- 50 Hot Technology Tips, Tricks and Websites for Lawyers
- Brand Yourself: 5 Steps to Define Your Professional Brand, Generate Confidence, Create Your Plan
- Upcoming Events
- Legends of the D.C. Bar
Introduction
In response to the challenging economy, the Law Prictice Management (LPM) Section has focused on providing
programming and services that directly assist D.C. Bar members in enhancing their practices and business. We have also actively partnered with resources at the D.C. Bar, other D.C. Bar sections, and the voluntary bar to publicize the many excellent and needed services and programs
available to D.C. Bar members as part of their membership.
The LPM Section and its members have benefited from the addition of several new
members of the steering committee, who have brought creative ideas and innovations to our
programs throughout the year, as discussed below.
The LPM Section has received the Section Council’s approval to add two new members to our steering committee,
raising the total number to nine, after this year’s election. Our goal for next year is to
serve more lawyers at big firms as we believe it will expand our membership base and programs.
Accordingly, this year’s ballot will include lawyers from large firms.
Finally, we would welcome any suggestions for programs as well as true cosponsoring opportunities.
Submitted by:
Anne Collier, Arudia
William Paxton, The Paxton Law Group
LPM Section Cochairs
April 3, 2013
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Time! Manage Yours Well To Have An Effective Practice & Reduce Stress
Participants left this highly interactive workshop having identified specific steps they can take to
more effectively manage their time so that they reach their goals.
Speakers:
Anne Collier
Julia Matheson
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Careers in Tax Law: A Panel of Distinguished Practitioners Discuss Different Areas
of Tax Practice
Distinguished tax practitioners provided insight and guidance on how to achieve a successful
career in various areas of tax law including transactional, litigation, policy, state and local, and
estate and gift. A question and answer period followed.
Speakers:
Anne W Coventry
Craig Gibian
Andrew Strelka
Monica Tillet
Lisa M. Zarlenga
Anne Collier (Moderator)
Sarah Ritchey (Moderator)
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How to Network: Tips and Techniques
This program provided participants with tips and techniques for networking through structured
exercises and networking with your colleagues. It showed participants how to use networking to
lay the foundation for developing your business though better relationships.
Speaker:
Anne Collier
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What You Never Learned In Law School: The Mechanics of Running a Law Practice
This presentation provided an overview of marketing, business development, and firm
management for solo practitioners and small law firms, from attracting and maintaining clients,
to billing, support staff, vendors, and law firm economics 101.
Speakers:
Arden Levy
William Paxton
Linda Rahal
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50 Hot Technology Tips, Tricks and Websites for Lawyers
This program covered:
• The latest in law office communications, connectivity, and portability;
• Websites that can really help with legal and factual research, and practice information;
• Practicing safe computing, including e-mail security and confidentiality;
• Simple desktop tips and strategies to power your practice;
• What is available (and good) for calendaring, billing, accounting, and financial reporting;
• Anything else worthwhile about law office technology we could cram into 75 minutes!
Speaker:
William Paxton
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Brand Yourself: 5 Steps to Define Your Professional Brand, Generate Confidence, Create Your
Plan
A brand is the promise of a consistent client experience. A powerful personal brand will deliver
remarkable results by providing a compelling rendition of your strengths, inspiring confidence
and drawing potential clients to you.
Speaker:
Anne Collier
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Sharpen your SPEAKability - Increase your Impact
Four–time Emmy winner, Jan Fox’s dynamic, interactive, action–packed "Speak Tweaks"
program takes you to powerful and compelling without a major overhaul. You will learn "Micro
Actions" that "MAXimize your Effectiveness". Learn one physical move that makes your newfound
confidence almost palpable. Discover your personal power points—not on the screen—on
your body! Cure the “uhms”, “errrs”, and “ahhs”—your sure message blockers—once and for
all. Find out what to do with your hands—those dreaded hangers. Where should your eyes
really look? Angelina Jolie will show you, sort of, and you won’t forget it. How do you work
the room or do you work it at all? You’ll see what you need to do to connect with your audience. Place yourself on Jan’s “Comfortability Continuum" and learn how to move to
Exhileration. Learn how to stop “Stall Language” that keeps your clients from
hearing your close. Walk out with five practice plans you can do anywhere—even in your car.
Speaker:
Jan Fox
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5 Steps to Transform Prospect Into Clients
This program guided participants through the fives steps necessary to development your own
business. The benefit of understanding a step–by–step process is that you will always know how
to move forward. Even if you are experienced, learning the 5 Steps will help you surface and
surmount challenges before they derail your business development efforts. In particular, you
will learn how to address a number of common issues including asking for the work, closing the
deal, and building and strengthening relationships with potential clients and referral sources.
Speaker:
Anne Collier
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Legends of the D.C. Bar
Legend: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ginsburg will share her experiences and insights at the 9th annual Legends program and
luncheon on June 21, 2013. In an informal, moderated format, she will discuss her extensive
judicial and public service, as well as her fulfilled life outside the law. This program provides a
rare opportunity to learn from one of the most highly respected legal figures in the U.S. and will
be particularly inspirational to young lawyers navigating the limitless possibilities of law
practice.
Justice Ginsburg, dubbed the Supreme Court “Heavyweight” by Jeffrey Toobin of The New
Yorker, was raised in a working class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. She is the first
person to serve on both the Harvard and Columbia law reviews. She began her legal career in
1959 as a law clerk to the U.S. District Court Judge Palmieri in the Southern District of New
York. Justice Ginsburg was a professor at Rutgers Law School, 1963–72, and Columbia Law
School, 1972–80. From 1973–80, she also served as the ACLU’s General Counsel, and was
instrumental in launching the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project where she worked on
establishing constitutional protections against sex discrimination. Following her service on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., 1980–93, she became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
after her nomination by President Clinton, who referred to her as the “Thurgood Marshall of
gender equality law.” Justice Ginsburg is the second woman to sit on the Supreme Court and the
first Jewish justice since 1969.
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