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Here’s another contest from one of our sponsors below. The flyers are perfect for save the dates, party invites, announcements, charity’s, special events, holiday cards and the like. Here’s the contest with winner picked solely at the discretion of Yours Truly…

I’m looking for the best & most helpful answer to the following question:

I’ve often said that the best and worst decisions that I made when starting a solo law practice were over-paying on downtown Chicago office space (worst) and subsequently getting rid of said over-priced Chicago office space (best). What were your best/worst decisions when starting your practice? Most helpful advice to the masses wins! COMMENT NOW.

Prize details

250pcs. Flyers for one winner

4.25″ x 5.5″, 4″ x 6″

14pt Cardstock Gloss, Front Only Printing, nightclub flyer templates and business flyer templates also available for download

3 Business Days Turnaround, *Free Shipping

Restriction: Limited to *US residents 18 years old and above only.

A lot of printing companies are available online. UPrinting offers different printing services such as flyer printing. You can also check out their club flyers.

This giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, no monetary compensation was given and I will receive flyers for hosting. For more information about flyers, please visit UPrinting.com.

Here’s another free give-away opportunity…win 500 high quality letterheads from UPrinting. Starting a new firm? Opening a new location? Planning a big marketing mailing? Make a splash with top notch marketing materials.

List your best legal business tip in the comment section of this post…I pick the winner.
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Quantity : 500
5.5″x8.5″
70lb Offset
Front Only Printing
4 Business Days Turn Around Time

Restriction: Limited to US residents 18 years old and above only.

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AND THE WINNER IS…

Eric Whitmore, Kennesaw, Georgia…from the red hills of northern Georgia to the shores of Lake Michigan we welcome all comers here at SIC. Here’s the winning tip that seems obvious yet I think is often ignored:

In addition to local law libraries, check regular libraries for their legal book holdings. I was surprised to find expensive westlaw treatises on immigration and real estate law on the shelves of the reference section of my local county library. That said, be sure to check the year of the most recent update.

Thanks for the many comments and hope to do it again soon…I’m just about ready for some new business cards myself, hint/hint UPrinting.

and to fit up their houses and dwellings against winter, being well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty.
~~William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

Just a quick nugget of America’s history about what we consider the original Thanksgiving harvest celebration back in 1621 on our eastern shore.

As I work feverishly to sort of close-up shop these next few days prior to a little upper-Midwestern travel next week I have much to be thankful for in the legal realm. Despite some of the general economic headwinds, I’m expecting to close-out our Firm’s best financial year yet (sorry for not keeping up with the monthly financials better but I’ll surely do a full-year look-back). SIC’s ramping up nicely seeing nearly 60,000 site hits and more than 11,000 site visitors just last month. And I expect that we’ll continue to really ramp-up our place as the ‘Go-To’ resource for entrepreneurial attorneys as I get some outside technical assitance and add another writer or two. But primarily I’m thankful for the people I meet as an attorney and blogger from my clientele to the hundreds of lawyers I meet and hear from on a regular basis.

And speaking of this spirit of Thanksgiving…

I’ve got my first little free give-a-way to offer compliments of UPrinting.com. The prize offering is for: 50, 7*5″ (folded to 3.5*5) custom thank you cards with plain envelopes (see here, here, and here).

What’s the contest? Leave your comment to this post stating some legal advice or mentoring story related to your law practice that you’re most thankful for. The deadline is 11/29/09. For example, I’m very thankful that the first attorney I worked for, Gordon Cochrane, an excellent sole practitioner was an absolute sticker for thoroughness and being detail oriented. It got a bit grating at the time but looking back I appreciate the fact that I’m not sloppy. Only 1 winner and I’m the judge.

How ’bout you?

And for a quick bow to the FTC, I am receiving 50 thank you cards from UPrinting.com for hosting this contest.