How to Start a Law Firm When You're Broke - by Lauren A Eagan (Paperback)

About the Book

When you do it right, starting your own law firm can give you flexibility, financial independence, and a thriving career. Following the path of an attorney who achieved her goal of setting up her own successful law practice, this clearly written, easy-to-follow guide walks you through every step of starting a law firm--the right way, and without breaking the bank.

Book Synopsis

"Lauren is a go-getter. I have seen her rise from being a broke lawyer to a six-figure earner. This book is a guide that is created from her charging down this path and forging her own way forward. She has laid out each and every step for you so that you can skip the figuring out part of how to run a business and jump straight ahead to earning a great living and doing life-changing work."
- From the Foreword by Ally Lozano, Esq., Law Firm Business Consultant

Lauren Eagan has done everything she writes about, and with her guidance you can begin with a strong foundation to make sure everything is in place to make your firm last.

Starting in a new city with student loan debt, Lauren Eagan explains how she effectively built her business. She explains how you, too, can take advantages of resources you might not have known were available, such as free and low-cost technology solutions, online resources, and leveraging the skills of your friends, family, and mentors.

More than anything, starting your practice depends on your own hard work, research, and decision process all dedicated to achieving your goal. Following the book's path towards opening your own practice, Lauren Eagan explains these key ingredients in the mix:

• Doing the necessary work while getting started: contract work, document review, and more
• Adding a business focus to how you think: goal setting, choosing a business entity, bank accounts, insurance and taxes
• Make your firm seem established: names, logos, office space, and online communications
• Determine a target market and get clients: from networking to volunteering and giving presentations to the importance of social media
• Case management: software and systems
• How to get paid: fee arrangements, invoices, and how to follow up
• Planning in time for you: vacations, weekends, and adding efficiency
• Know when you're ready to grow: outsourcing, delegating, and hiring
• And finally, What to do when you're ready to start: create a business plan

Chapters are accessible and encouraging, tackling topics that can be overwhelming in a constructive, step-by-step manner. Throughout, the author has shared checklists, flow charts, plenty of real-world tips that she used in setting up her successful law firm, and a chapter checklist to capture the core information by topic.

Review Quotes

"Lauren is a go-getter. I have personally seen her rise from being a broke lawyer to a six-figure earner. This book is a guide that is created from her charging down this path and forging her own way forward. She has laid out each and every step for you so that you can skip the figuring out part of how to run a business and jump straight ahead to earning a great living and doing life-changing work. Lauren will help you go from being broke to earning more than you ever could by working for someone else. My challenge to you is to use every resource she provides for you here. She gives you actionable steps to take that will skyrocket you out of being broke and into having success beyond what you could have ever imagined. This book is the blueprint that you need and that I wish that I had back when I was lost and trying to figure out how to run a law firm. Your life and your firm will be transformed by following Lauren's advice. I wish you tons of success on this journey!"--Ally Lozano, Esq., Law Firm Business Consultant, Author, Be the CEO of Your Law Firm: Gain Control, Turn a Profit, and Reclaim Your Life

About the Author

Lauren A. Eagan, Esq. is an award-winning immigration attorney with multiple offices across the United States. She opened her firm, Eagan Immigration PLLC, in late 2014, two weeks after moving to Washington, DC. At that time, she did not have any clients and had spoken to only a handful of attorneys in the area. She truly started her firm from nothing. Over time, her firm has grown significantly, and she opened a second office in Virginia in 2016 and a third office in Washington State.