What is the Attorney’s Role in the Assessment of Mental Capacity?

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“What is the Attorney’s Role in the Assessment of Mental Capacity?” by Francis Burton Doyle, Esq., WealthPLAN It is not the role of an attorney to be an expert in capacity assessment of their client. However, an attorney can be involved in carrying out a “legal”...

How to Complete an Annual Marketing Plan for Your Practice

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Feature Article: Law Practice Management Series by Mary G. Anderson, Life Management Consulting Group My goal today is to provide some ideas to help you create your annual marketing plan. To get started I recommend that you purchase a large wall calendar for the...

Should Estate Planning Professionals Have a Coach?

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by  Francis Burton Doyle, Esq., WealthPLAN I recently had the good fortune to read Atul Gawande’s New Yorker Magazine article entitled, “Personal Best: Top Athletes and Singers Have Coaches. Should You?”. Gawande is a cardiac surgeon who wanted to know whether...

Staying Focused During the Final Quarter of the Year

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Feature Article: Law Practice Management Series by Mary G. Anderson, Life Management Consulting Group We are in the final stretch, the final three months of each year brings the dark winter solstice which seems to make the hours move more slowly each day. What is your...

How to Manage Your Time: Are You Focused On the Past? Are You Living In the Future?

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Feature Article: Law Practice Management Series by Mary G. Anderson, Life Management Consulting Group Have you ever considered how much of your time is spent mulling over the way things went south in court last week? Or why the one client you really wanted to help out...

Feeling Stuck? What Stops You? Where Do You Go for Help?

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Feature Article: Law Practice Management Series  by Mary G. Anderson, Life Management Consulting Group Life is good. You have some wonderful clients and some challenging work to complete. You are feeling confident that you are providing excellent service to your firms...