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"Going Solo: Debunking the Top Ten Fears"

This post was written by Roy Ginsburg: "Although many who read the posts on Lawyerist are solo practitioners or work in very small firms, I suspect there are some who practice in larger law firms and visit the site to see what the solo/small firm life is like. If you are part of that group, this post is for you.

As a career coach, I've counseled my share of lawyers contemplating leaving their law firms and going out on their own. Of course, each of them had their own reasons why they wanted to leave, but they had one thing in common.  All had carefully thought through the consequences of going solo, and their heads and hearts told them they should leave, yet each still could not quite find the courage to pull the trigger. Each had some fear that stopped them dead in their tracks. For every one of them, we would talk through their particular fears and afterward, not once, did they decide to stay at their firm. All left and are glad they did. In no particular order of importance, here is my list of the top ten fears that attorneys face when going solo. Each one will be debunked.

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Source: Lawyerist.com, 23 June 2010. © 2007-2010 Lawyerist Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission of the site editor, Sam Glover.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).