LawBiz® Management Company works with lawyers to increase their profits and their effectiveness in the way they practice law. Our services provide possible solutions to law practice management challenges and include legal coaching, customized consulting services, Keynote Speaking and Training Seminars, assistance for buying and selling a law practice (including valuation, prospectus development, and negotiation strategy), law firm retreats, managing partners roundtables, articles, and other resources, including our ezine and blog. Our products include a number of books and Virtual Seminars by Ed Poll, CDs and audiocassettes, and numerous articles. Ed Poll, the principal of LawBiz® Management, is a nationally recognized coach, law firm management consultant, and author. Since 1990, Ed Poll has been coaching and consulting lawyers and law firms in strategic planning, profitability analysis, and practice development. He has practiced law on all sides of the table for 25 years - as a corporate general counsel, government prosecutor, sole practitioner, partner, and law firm chief operating officer. You can earn MCLE credits by listening to The Best of Law Practice Management Review Audio Magazine. Read more about Ed Poll. "Because of your recommendations today, I will earn an additional $140,000 the next 12 months, bottom line! Thank you." -- E.B. "We anticipate an additional $200,000 in revenues this year over last year; this represents the largest year-to-year percentage increase in the history of the firm. Our net profit is up substantially since mid-2004 when the first of your recommended changes were implemented." -- S.B. "Over the years, you have set the standard for the business of practicing law." -- J.A., Wayland, MA

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Services and Resources Legal Coaching     Ed can work with you long term to help you be a better and richer lawyer. Through legal coaching, Ed can help you: Establish long-term strategies Improve your revenues Focus your energy Accomplish key goals Find out more about legal coaching. Legal Consulting     Do you feel like you are having trouble working together as a law firm? An audit by Ed Poll will show you how to be more effective and profitable as a team. Find out more about legal consulting. Keynote Speaking and Training Seminars     Ed Poll's keynote speeches, training programs, and seminars receive outstanding reviews from his audiences. Ed explains how to improve client service and exceed client expectations. His audiences, glowing and inspired, leave armed with practical and profitable solutions that they can apply the very next day in their own firms. Edward Poll is a member of the National Speakers Association, and his audiences include law firms, bar associations, and other organizations. Find out more about Keynote Speeches & Seminars. Buying and Selling a Practice     Has the time come for you to sell your law practice? Are you looking to purchase a law firm? Despite prohibitions on buying and selling a law practice, for decades larger law firms have been able to transfer the value of their practice through a "merger," "retirement" or "breakup." Thanks to changes in the American Bar Association's Rules of Professional Conduct in 1991, small firms, sole practitioners, and their heirs now can get full value for their practices too. Edward Poll can turn your years of effort in building client files and a reputable practice into real money. Find out more about buying a law practice. Find out more about selling a law practice. Find out more about Ed's book Selling Your Law Practice: The Profitable Exit Strategy Find out more about Ed's Virtual Seminar, "Selling a Law Practice: Getting Your Highest Value" Read articles on buying or selling a law practice See a list of practices for sale See requests to buy a law practices Law Firm Retreats & Conferences     A successful law firm retreat or conference can boost the productivity, focus, motivation, and profitability of your law firm. Ed has extensive experience in organizing effective law firm retreats and conferences, from the planning stages through the keynote speech. Find out more about law firm retreats & conferences. Managing Partners Roundtables     Ed hosts several roundtables in the Los Angeles area that bring managing partners and directors of leading firms together to learn from each others' experience and capitalize on good ideas. Membership in the Managing Partners Roundtables and Diversity Directors Roundtable represents a unique opportunity that can increase a participating firm's profitability. Find out more about Ed Poll's roundtables. Resources from Ed Poll     LawBiz® Blog FREE LawBiz® Tips Ezine FREE Audio Podcasts FREE Articles FREE Coach's Corner - Weekly Column FREE Books Best of Law Practice Management Review Audio Magazine (LMPR) Virtual Seminars Law Practice FAQs MCLE (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Credit)     Earn your Mandatory Continuing Legal Education credit every month with the Law Practice Management Review Audio Magazine. Find out more about MCLE by reading up on the Law Practice Management Review Audio Magazine.