Category Archives: Starting A Law Firm

The owners of JD Optimize, who have started from scratch and successfully run a law practice, provide a how-to blog of starting a law practice.

Choosing Your Law Firm’s Practice Areas

Set Your Goals As an attorney striking out on your own you have probably wondered whether you should focus on one, several, or many practice areas. Some people go into law school knowing exactly what they want to do.  Others … Continue reading

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Picking Your Law Firm Location

A Virtual or Physical Office? The legal industry has changed dramatically since the advent of the internet. Whereas you could not practice law unless you had a physical office, often times with mahogany walls and a library, today a lawyer … Continue reading

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Picking Your Law Firm Name

What’s In A Name? When you think of law firm names you may think of white shoe firms using the names of their founders.  You may think of professionalism and respectability or you may think of stuffiness.  Traditionally law firms … Continue reading

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Announcing Your Plans to Start Your Own Law Firm

Let Everyone Know Deciding to start your own law firm is a big decision and you need to make sure you do everything you can to build your business even before you take the plunge and start practicing on your … Continue reading

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The Safety Net

Start Your Law Firm With Money in the Bank If you are a law student or a practicing attorney who is thinking about starting his own firm, there is a lot that goes into starting a firm…even before you actually … Continue reading

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Introduction to Starting a Law Firm

You May Start A Law Firm Have you been reading the news lately? Law students are graduating without jobs more so than ever before. Many recent graduates are realizing that they have no choice but to hang their own shingle.  … Continue reading

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