Excerpt:
Is now the perfect time to start a solo practice?
The short answer: Yes. I'm totally aware of the inner hysteria most people are feeling about our economy. After all, the government finally declared that America has been in a recession since December 2006! You feel you need to take a Valium before you open your 401k statement every month. You're watching your property taxes increase while your home value drops like an elevator with broken cables. You've either been laid off or can't get your first job. I get it. Trust me, I do.
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When bad times hit, the world as we know it changes. Economies experience severe upheaval
and disruption. The earth moves as it deconstructs and rapid change becomes the norm. For most, paralysis sets in. But those who shake off the paralysis, who see opportunities where others only see misery, are the entrepreneurs. They search the rubble of "what was" and look for opportunities to create "what will be."
When the economy is bad, here is what happens in our legal world (and the rest of the world, too):
Click to read the rest of "Bad Economy Makes It a Good Time to Go It Alone" (Law.com). Written by friend Susan Cartier Liebel.
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