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For Immediate Release: October 16, 2006

"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.