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Resource Title: How to Select and Work with an Attorney
 

Purpose: This two-page PDF article provides entrepreneurs and business owners with a process for selecting and working with an attorney.
 

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Situation or Summary:
 
 

You are starting or operating your business and someone important:

 

1. Tells you “every business should have a good lawyer”
2. Tells you to have your attorney look at or do X
3. Has their attorney send you a nasty letter, denies your application for Y, or makes you angry enough to consider suing them

 

You think you need a lawyer, but now what?
 
 
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This article is based on my experience selecting and managing outside attorneys as an in-house counsel and provided to help with the frequently asked question, “How do I find a good attorney?”

Last Modified: December 16, 2009

 
 
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