Sole, Small Firm and General Practice Section Newsletter
Volume 5, No. 2 - March/Mars 2008
In this Issue:
- How to be a Happy Lawyer
- Message from the Chair
- How to Manage Your First Legal Assistant
- How to Regain Control from Your Blackberry
- Do You Really Need a "Smartphone"?
- Notes from the Middleground
Volume 5, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2007
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- Managing Conflicts of Interest: How Does Your Firm Measure Up? - by Barbara A. Schwartz
- Help for a Colleague - If You Don't Help Who Will - by Leota Embleton
- Access to Information: Building a Law Library for Sole Practitioners and Small Firms - by Nicole Ewing
- Google's Best Kept Secret - by David Leffler
- Living with Integrity - by Ellen Freedman
- Notes from the Middleground - by Peter K. Hrastovec
Volume 4, No. 2 - February/Février 2007
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- A Checklist for Balance in Your Personal and Professional Life - by John Starzynski
- Adobe Acrobat vs. The Clones - by Stephen Bird
- Preparing to Say Goodbye to the Baby Boomers - by Ellen Freedman
- Notes from the Middleground - by Peter Hrastovec
- Outsourcing - by Aïda Van Wees
- Effective and Profitable Outsourcing: 10 Tips from 10 Years of Experience - by Stephen L. Taran
- Employee Work Ethic — A Different Business Model - by Cindy Wahler
- To Store or Not to Store: Records Storage Cost-cutting Tips - by Barbara A. Schwartz
- Law Firm Profitability - by James Murphy
Volume 4, No. 1 - December/Décembre 2006
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- The Virtual Assistant — Every Lawyer Needs One! - By J. Liz Saunders-McManus and Erica James
- GST Visitor's Rebate to be Cancelled - by David M. Sherman
- GST on Disbursements - by David M. Sherman
- Court Includes Step-Child as a Beneficiary under Will - by Laura M. Tyrrell
- The Fee Schedule Returns - by Raymond G. Leclair
- A Kinder and Gentler Marriage Contract - by Philip M. Epstein, Q.C., L.S.M.
- Subscribe Now for Your Section's Listserv
Volume 3, No. 2 - May/Mai 2006
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- Someone Told Me ... - by Peter Hrastovec
- Roman's 10 Laws of Advocacy - by Andrew J. Roman
- Reflections on Start-up - by Lloyd Hoffer
- Desktop Searching - by Stephen Bird
- The Three Flavors of Adobe Acrobat: A Litigation Perspective - by Greg Krehel
- Collecting Your Costs: Even from the Crown, Children's Aid Society and Family Responsibility Office (Institute 2006 Paper) - by Dawn Melville
- Costs in Public Law and Before Administrative Tribunals (Institute 2006 Paper) - by Erica James
- New Chair of Sections
- Publications
- Multimedia Products
- Section Executive 2005-2006
Volume 3, No. 1 - September/Septembre 2005
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- OBA Launches Sole, Small Firm and General Practice List Serve - by Bonnie Patrick
- Workaholism - by John Starzynski
- Do I Think and Act Like a Lawyer or a Normal Person? Can they be One and the Same?
- Google - Do You Feel Lucky? - by Charles Bennett
- Business Strategy is Not Fuzzy - by Richard G. Stock
- What Makes a Law Firm Fire on All Cylinders - by John Fraser
- 2006 Institute of Continuing Legal Education
- Publications
- Section Executive 2005-2006
Volume 2, No. 4 - May/Mai 2005
In this Issue:
- Case Management - How to Make It Work for You and Your Clients - by Master M.J. Nolan
- Surviving Your "Junioring" Years - by David J. Levy
- Managing the Security and Privacy of Electronic Data in a Law Office - by Daniel E. Pinnington
- Watch Your Partners - by James C. Morton
- Conflict of Interest - by Jonathan Speigel
- OBA to Host Free Lawyer Safety Workshop
- Publications
- Section Executive 2004-2005
Volume 2, No. 3 - March/Mars 2005
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- You've Been Stiffed For Your Fees - Now What? - by Bonnie Patrick
- Stop the World - I Want to Get Off! (Practicing Law in the 21st Century) - by Sharon D. Nelson
- Bill Regularly and Be a Winner - by Me Marie-Chantal Thouin
- Maintaining Yourself and Your Practice Through Personal Trauma - by Edward N. Levitt
- Aging Parents/Family - Lawyer Career Stress - by Leota Embleton
- PIPEDA Update - by Joe McCallum
- Section Executive 2004-2005
Volume 2, No. 2 - December/Decémbre 2004
In this Issue:
- Message from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- The Art and Craft of "Doing the Minutes" - by Brian Bucknall
- Author! Author! The Law Society's Sole and Small Firm Practitioners' History Project - by Gary Lloyd Gottlieb
- Mandatory Mediation - Must for Today's World - by Daljit Nirman
- Balance at Any Age - by John Starzynski
- Getting More Business from Existing Clients - by Ellen Freedman
- Coping with Holiday Stress - by Leota Embleton
- Upcoming Program
- Section Executive 2004-2005
Volume 2, No. 1 - October/Octobre 2004
In this Issue:
- Message from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- Speaking Notes of Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
- Seven Ways Law Firms Lose Money - by Dustin Cole
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 - by Stephen Bird
- Retirement as a New Career/Life Development Stage: A Renewal Process - by Stephen P. Gallagher
- Effective Yellow Pages Advertisements: It's Not Just Size and Colour That Matter - by Dan Pinnington
- Section Executive 2004-2005
Volume 1, No. 4 - May/mai 2004
In this Issue:
- Message from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- News from the Middleground - by Peter Hrastovec
- Essential PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts - by Dan Pinnington
- Your Computer's Immune System - by David Giuffrida
- Focusing During Stress - by Leota Embleton and John Starzynski
- Windows Utilities - by Stephen Bird
Volume 1, No. 3 - March/mars 2004
In this Issue:
- Greetings from the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- Get Your Retainer Precedents from the Annual Institute SSFGP/LPM Breakfast - by Bonnie Patrick
- Fraud Alert: Be Aware Fraud Reports are on the Rise - by Dan Pinnington
- Storing e-mails - by David Giuffrida
- Coping When You Are on Your Own - by John G. Starzynski
- Road Warrior - by Jeffrey Allen
- Advocacy, Government Relations and Communications Department Mandate and Services - by Christopher Holcroft
- Money Saving Tips - by David Giuffrida
- What Word Processor Do You Use? - by David Giuffrida
- Useful Links for Your Practice - by Joe McCallum
- Upcoming Section Event of Interest
Volume 1, No. 2 - January/janvier 2004
In this Issue:
- From the Chair - by Bonnie Patrick
- Federal Privacy Legislation Will Affect Most Lawyers - by Richard Steinecke
- Profile - by Ed Olkovich
- Column: Law Tech - by David Giuffrida
- Effective Lawyer/Client Communications with Voice Mail and E-mail - by Dan Pinnington
- Technology, Stress and the Lawyer's Quality of Life - by Jim Calloway
- Focusing During Stress - by Leota Embleton and John Starzynski
- Solo Life - by Edward Olkovich
- Notes from the Middleground - by Peter Hrastovec
- Tabs 2 - by Peter Hrastovec
- SSFGP Section Breakfast Session at OBA Institute: Getting Retainers and Collecting on Accounts - Show Me the Money (in my bank account)!
- Privacy Links
- Practice Tips Wanted
Volume 1, No. 1 - September/septembre 2003
In this Issue:
- Introduction - by Bonnie Patrick
- Issues Confronting Young Lawyers Practicing in Small Firms - by Joe McCallum
- Profile - Anita Szigeti - by David Giuffrida
- OBA Web Site
- Notice of Online Questionnaire
- The Google Toolbar - by David Giuffrida
- Section Executive
- Operation Update event on October 3
- Building and Running a Successful Practice - October 20
- Word Processor Tips and Tricks - by Dan Pinnington
Generally Speaking - Vol. 5, No. 2- May 2000
In this Issue:
- Practice Tips — Goodyear Canada v. Burnhamthorpe Square ("Goodyear Case") (1999) 21 R.P.R. (3d) 1
- Surviving Spouse Who Elects under FLA Cannot be Executor
- No More Ways to Leave Your Lover?
- Prior Capable Wishes & Interpretation of Impossibility
- Mapping Out a Successful Law Practice
- Which Type of Presenter Are You?
- Legislative Update
- How Lawyers Can Use the Power of Marketing
- Sole, Small Firm and General Practice Section Executive 1999-2000
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