Palatine Attorney Speaks at American Bar Association Midyear Conference
Kerry Lavelle, a partner at Lavelle Law in Palatine, spoke at the American Bar Association's (ABA) Mid-year Meeting in San Diego last week. Lavelle presented on The Business Guide to Law: Creating and Operating a Successful Law Firm as part of the Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division CLE program.
The conference session focused on the differences between working on your law firm, and working in your law firm, the characteristics of the five tool attorney, and how the roles of people, systems, and culture are necessary to grow a law practice.
"I appreciate the invitation from the ABA to be a part of this national conference," said Lavelle. "Law practice management has long been over-looked in the legal industry so I am very pleased to bring some focus to this important topic."
In 2015 the ABA published Lavelle's book on the topic and the firm recently launched a Law Practice Management practice group. Lavelle was appointed as Chair of a new Law Practice Management Committee at the Northwest Suburban Bar Association in 2015.
The book The Business Guide to Law: Creating and Operating a Successful Law Firm is divided into three sections, dealing specifically with launching, growing and creating a succession plan for a law firm. "My focus in the book and in the conference presentation was that to be successful, a law firm must be run like a business. It's an approach that is often over-looked and can derail even the best legal practitioners on the path to success," Lavelle said. The book is available by using the keyword Lavelle at http://shop.americanbar.org.
As for the experience of speaking at the ABA Mid-year Meeting, Lavelle found it time well spent. "I was able to meet a number of great people from across the country and exchange ideas with them. I've always found great value in bar association memberships so it was very exciting to expand my network to a national scope. I think we always benefit from a broader view of our industry."
Lavelle Law, Ltd. is located in Palatine with an additional office serving clients in the Chicago Loop. The firm was founded in 1989 as a single attorney practice with an emphasis on tax law. The firm has added more than a dozen practice groups including Estate Planning, Banking Law, Litigation, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, and Law Practice Management. The firm has received numerous awards and commendations for their business success, their commitment to ethics, national recognition for their pro bono services and multiple acknowledgements of the charitable work they do in the local communities. For more information, visit www.lavellelaw.com or follow Lavelle Law on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.