How to Start a Law Firm

How do you start a law firm? In this episode, Josh talks about whether or not starting a law firm is right for you and provide a comprehensive guide on how to prepare for the launch of your new business.

Before you even consider walking away from a secure job, there are two items you really need to get under wraps.

1. You need to decide on what niche practice you’re going to do.
2. You need to know where to get your clients from.

Once you figure out what your niche is going to be and how you’re going to acquire clients, you need to work on getting your firm ready for launch. In this video, Josh goes over the following list of things that you need to have ready to go before you open the doors to your firm.

1. Name your firm
2. Set-up your practice as a corporate entity
3. Create a website
4. Accept credit cards
5. Choose a phone system
6. Set-up an email
7. Have IT security systems in place
8. Prepare client engagement forms
9. Implement a docketing system
10. Get malpractice insurance
11. Decide where you’ll work

Timestamps:
00:56 - How Josh opened his own law firm in 2008
01:16 - Deciding if running a firm is right for you
09:00 - 10 things you need to start your own firm
09:42 - Choosing a name for your law firm
11:58 - Setting up a corporate entity
13:14 - Creating a website
14:05 - Accepting credit cards
16:17 - Picking a phone system
17:19 - Setting up your email
19:08 - Preparing client engagement forms
19:47 - Implementing a docketing system
20:21 - Getting malpractice insurance
21:05 - Do not invest in fancy office space

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Start, run, and grow your law practice with Josh Gerben. This show discusses law firm management, legal marketing, the art of hustling, and everything else they didn’t teach you in law school.

Join Josh and learn how to obtain more clients for your law practice, build a personal brand, implement powerful systems to increase the efficiency of your law firm, increase your revenues, and put yourself in the position for a fulfilling and secure legal career.

Josh Gerben is the founder of Gerben IP, a state-of-the-art law firm that has won national and international recognition for its ability to deliver high quality legal services at a fraction of the cost of big law firms.

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