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Must be a person of the utmost integrity.
You need to be sure that he is looking after your
interests first. |
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Must have the specific experience
necessary to provide the right solutions to your
business problems. Either he must have it or be
able to quickly access it. |
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Must be familiar
with the challenges of small business. You can’t
get that familiarity by working with big business. |
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Must anticipate
potential pitfalls. He has to see the big picture. |
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Must facilitate
your goals. Your lawyer shouldn’t be just
another roadblock. |
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Must be able to connect
you to proven professionals inside and outside
the legal field who can contribute to solutions
to your business problems. Your problems aren’t
contained in air tight boxes labeled “my
lawyer’s specialty”. |
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Must never forget that cost
and benefit are first cousins. The
solution can’t be worse than the problem. |
