Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Summer 2019, Volume 25, Issue 3
Content
- Q&a with Recipients of Cla Excellence Awards
- 5 Ways Lawyers Can Maximize Their Time
- Not as Easy as "Abc" .... the Status of Independent Contractors in California
- the Practitioner For Solo & Small Firms
- Q&a with Recipients of Cla Excellence Awards
- Perspectives on Solo Practice: Different Views From the Trenches
- Executive Committee of the Solo and Small Firm Law Section 2018-2019
- McLe Article: the Four "W"s of Workplace Investigations: When, Who, What to Expect and What is Adequate
- Getting Efficient: Minimizing, Delegating and Outsourcing Things You Should not Do
- Letter From the Chair
- Table of Contents
- Q&a with Recipients of Cla Excellence Awards
- Letter From the Editor
Letter From the Editor
By Somita Basu
Somita Basu, Esq., is a founding principal and managing partner of the Santa Clara, Beverly Hills, and Las Vegas offices of Norton Basu LLP. Ms. Basu is currently the incoming Editor-In-Chief of The Practitioner, a quarterly publication distributed by the the California Lawyers’ Association’s Solo and Small Firm Section, where she is also serves on the Executive Committee. Ms. Basu is based out of the Santa Clara office and lives in the South Bay with her family.
As fall approaches and recent summer vacations seem like they were years ago, Solo and Small Firm practitioners across California buckle down for a big push of productivity before the year end festive season creeps up does its merry part in destroying office efficiency. It seems with every year that clients demand more with shorter turnaround times and more accuracy. What’s a Solo and Small Firm practitioner to do?
In this issue, our authors provide some insights in how to address the myriad challenges of practice management. Do you have employees? Shivani Sutaria addresses the issues that all employers should be aware of surrounding employee complaints and how to determine if an investigation is warranted.