Honored to have you comment. And I could not agree more with your sentiment. I think we as lawyers would be much happier if we focused more on helping people then on meeting the bottom line. I can’t imagine not making money when you are doing work that you are passionate about and that really helps people.

Thank you, again, for your comments and kind words.

Thank you for your comment. We’re all guilty of that.

If one wants to feel like a real lawyer, then one should do some lawyering. It feels way better than buying books.

One can reinvent the wheel or one can buy or borrow or go to paper or electronic library ( yes Virginia, libraries have not all gone into the Cloud or out of business) to get “How To Start and Build A Law Practice” which has used successfully by about 200,000 lawyers.

Unfortunately that book does not promise instant success and immediate riches like the TV lawyers.It also emphasizes that law is a profession not a business, and that those who succeed also enjoy making money, but that is not the reason they became lawyers nor remain lawyers.

I have never waivered in 50 years of helping other lawyers succeed. The successful lawyers are those who truly want to help people and make a difference in people’s lives and in our society. Those who look on law only as a business and a way to make money should enter some other field of activity where they won’t be bound by ethical restrictions

As Abraham Lincoln counseled new lawyers: “It’s all in the books” Gerald Ford , a former President of The United States recommended “How To Start and Build A Law Practice” as a book for law students and young lawyers. The book has made more than $2,000,000 for the ABA. I do not get one penny of that money. I wrote it and update it solely to help new lawyers get started.

No reason to reinvent the wheel. Nothing wrong with putting some white walls on it, but the wheel won’t be different.

My advice to the question asked would be: Find something that you are passion about and figure out a way to help people by making that subject available through you as a lawyer.”

Keep up the good work. and have a healthy happy 2012

Jay

Jay Foonberg
Attorney, CPA, CLE Presenter, Author,
Fellow – American College of Law Practice Management,
4-Time ABA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
How to Start and Build a Law Practice, 5th ed.
How to Get and Keep Good Clients, 3rd ed.
ABA Guide to Lawyer Trust Accounts
How to Draft Bills Clients Rush to Pay, 2nd ed.
Finding the Right Lawyer
Getting Paid in Good Times and Bad (Dec. 2010)
http://www.Foonberglaw.com

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