Lawyers “leave money on the table”

Venice, CA
October 16, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   
The Successful Lawyer-Banker Relationship: A LawBiz Special Report

Edward Poll, principal of LawBiz Management Co., announces the release of The Successful Lawyer-Banker Relationship: A LawBiz Special Report.  This is the second publication in a series of Special Reports on topics of practical and major importance to the effective and profitable management of The Business of Law®, has just been released.  The purchase price is $29.00, the price of all LawBiz’ Special Reports. 

Howard Putnam, former CEO of Southwest Airlines and author of Winds of Turbulence, introduces the Special Report, by declaring:  “Banks are looking for profitable new niches and law firms and banks are natural allies in this new competitive world.  Ed Poll’s Special Report provides attorneys with straightforward information to understand the in’s and out’s of how to build a mutually beneficial relationship with one of the most important players in any business equation, Your Banker.”

The Successful Lawyer-Banker Relationship offers guidelines on how lawyers with sole practices, small firms or mid-size firms can build mutually beneficial and effective banking relationships that are critical in helping any law firm become a more successful business. Topics covered include choosing a bank and banker, establishing creditworthiness, securing a loan, managing cash and trust accounts, and using merchant banking and other bank services efficiently. 

“With our first Special Report on Business Competency for Lawyers, LawBiz began a new kind of book,” Poll states.  “It’s intentionally condensed to 60 pages, an easy thirty-minute read for any busy lawyer on the go.  The content is practical yet sophisticated, and provides basics for managing and running a successful law business without getting into too many nitty-gritty details, numbers, and long examples.”

Poll adds that future Special Reports will address other areas of practical and significant importance to the effective and profitable management of The Business of Law®, including work-life balance, disaster preparation and recovery, and setting legal fees.

Ed Poll is a leading authority in the field of law practice management and the Principal of LawBiz Management Co., a firm that consults with and coaches lawyers and law firms throughout the United States, Mexico, Australia and England. Poll is a Board Approved (SAC®) Coach to the Legal Profession. He is the author of several best-selling books on the topics of law practice management, including his new book, Selling Your Law Practice, released in September 2005.. 
               
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