What to do if Your Attorney Dies, Disappears, Becomes Disabled, or is Suspended or Disbarred

What to do if Your Attorney Dies, Disappears, Becomes Disabled, or is Suspended or DisbarredWhen a client is unable to contact an attorney for any reason Client’s valuable legal rights may be compromised. Therefore, it is important to: 1) obtain your file; 2) ascertain the status of the case, including any pending deadlines or court …

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Best Practices When Selling A Practice

Best Practices When Selling A Practice×to print brochure from the pdf version, click here. One of the most misunderstood “non-rules” in the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct (TDRPC) is the so-called ban on selling a legal practice. There simply is no such ban. There are no rules that prohibit lawyers from selling all or …

What To Do When Your Boss or Relative is No Longer Able to Practice Law

What To Do When Your Boss or Relative Is No Longer Able to Practice LawA Checklist for Staff and Family Members When an attorney is, with or without warning, unable to practice law and is a sole practitioner, what to do with the attorney’s law practice can be bewildering to the attorney’s staff, if there …

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A Letter to Texas Attorneys Closing a Practice

A Letter to Texas Attorneys Closing a Practice Dear Texas Attorneys, Judges, Attorney Relatives and Staff, and Members of the Public: Law practices are not immune from the unfortunate and unexpected events and accidents which occur in everyday life. An attorney’s illness, incapacity, or even suspension due to misconduct, can result in the temporary or …

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Do-It-Yourself Guide for Handwritten ‘Holographic’ Wills in Texas

Do-It-Yourself Guide for Handwritten ‘Holographic’ Wills in Texas “Do-It-Yourself Guide for Handwritten ‘Holographic’ Wills in Texas” is a short guide about how to use and write holographic (hand-written) wills in Texas, including sample language to include in a holographic will. Hand-written wills can address very basic issues and do not replace the advice of an estate-planning …

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Agents and Instructions for Disposition of Remains

Agents and Instructions for Disposition of RemainsView Presentation Slides  About the Webinar Host Jim Norman is a publications attorney with Texas Bar Books at the State Bar of Texas. Resources by TopicStarting A PracticeLearn what you need to know before you begin. →Maintaining a PracticeNurture your budding practice with our collection of resources. →Growing a PracticeTips to take …

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Designations of Guardians

Designations of GuardiansView Presentation Slides About the Webinar Host Jim Norman is a publications attorney with Texas Bar Books at the State Bar of Texas. Resources by TopicStarting A PracticeLearn what you need to know before you begin. →Maintaining a PracticeNurture your budding practice with our collection of resources. →Growing a PracticeTips to take your practice to the …

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Financial Powers of Attorney

Financial Powers of AttorneyView Presentation Slides  About the Webinar Host Elizabeth Brenner is Attorney at Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, LLP, in Austin, Texas.Resources by TopicStarting A PracticeLearn what you need to know before you begin. →Maintaining a PracticeNurture your budding practice with our collection of resources. →Growing a PracticeTips to take your practice to the next …

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Introduction to “Ancillary” Planning Documents

Introduction to “Ancillary” Planning DocumentsView Presentation Slides About the Webinar Host Jim Norman is a publications attorney with TexasBarBooks at the State Bar of Texas.  Resources by TopicStarting A PracticeLearn what you need to know before you begin. →Maintaining a PracticeNurture your budding practice with our collection of resources. →Growing a PracticeTips to take your practice to …