How to grow a probate practice: Bonus tip #3

March 8, 2010

This is a bonus post in the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. Cross-Marketing In the second post in this series, I explained that getting referrals was the key to making your phone ring with new probate business. I went on to explain how to get referrals. Aside from referrals, there is another strategy [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: Bonus tip #2

March 8, 2010

This is a bonus post in the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. In anticipation of our final post in this series, I’m reposting the follow from September 21, 2009. How to set up your probate file Probate cases can be complex and extend over a long period of time, so keeping an organized [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: #4 Forget paralegals (for now)

March 2, 2010

This post is Part 4 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. Hold Off on Paralegals When growing your probate practice, one of the decisions you need to make is whether to hire a probate paralegal. If you are new to probate practice, for now, hold off. It is a mistake to hire [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: #3 You must become an expert (and how to become one)

February 23, 2010

This post is Part 3 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. As I told you in last week’s posts, you need referrals from other attorneys if you want to get your phone to ring with probate business. The best (and most profitable) way to become known for doing probate work is to [...]

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Upcoming CLE: Heckerling Institute update

February 18, 2010

The Hennepin County Bar Association is hosting a CLE recapping the 2010 Heckerling Institute on Monday, February 22nd at noon at the HCBA office. Details from the HCBA announcement are below: Heckerling Institute Update The Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning is the nation’s leading conference for estate planning professionals. The program is designed for sophisticated [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: #2b Make your phone ring with business

February 17, 2010

This post is Part 2 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. Because of its length, I’ve broken it into two posts. The first half was posted yesterday. Yesterday, we started examining a hierarchy of the quality of the referrals you could receive as a probate attorney and, accordingly, which ones you should [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: #2a Make your phone ring with business

February 16, 2010

This post is Part 2 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. Because of its length, I’ve broken it into two posts. The second post will appear tomorrow The Uncomfortable Reality There is an uncomfortable reality about probate practice: someone dies before there is a need for an attorney to handle the probate. [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: Bonus tip

February 15, 2010

This is a bonus post in the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. On February 9th, I wrote about resources every probate attorney in Minnesota needs to have in order to grow their practice. Here’s an extra tip that may seem obvious but is infrequently followed: Read the probate code. All of it. Regularly. [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: #1 Don’t start until you have these tools

February 9, 2010

This post is Part 1 of the series, How to Grow a Probate Practice. If you want to grow a probate practice, you’ve got to have the right tools to accomplish your job. The tools you need can be divided into two types: forms and resources. Forms Probate is a forms-intensive practice area. Thankfully, there [...]

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How to grow a probate practice: a new series beginning tomorrow

February 8, 2010

Beginning tomorrow (2/9), I’ll be blogging through a multi-week series on how to grow a probate practice. Whether you are just starting out as a lawyer, you are looking to branch out into a new practice area, or you are a seasoned probate attorney looking for a few tips to increase your business, I plan [...]

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