Re: Going Solo

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Try internet advertising as well. In case you haven't heard, Google has replaced the YP
for people under 50.

On 11/06/06, kristi wrote:
> On 11/06/06, Carol wrote:
>> On 11/03/06, Kristi wrote:
>>> On 10/24/06, Carol wrote:
>>>> Probate is good money and
>>>> fairly easy, but you put a lot of work into it before you see the attorney fees
>>>> on the other end.
>>>
>>> Just to throw out a slightly different view....
>>>
>>> When I worked for a local solo, she actually got an advanced fee on the probate
>> work
>>> of $1500.00 up front before she did any work. Conveniently, she never returned any
>>> of it (even if she had to "inflate" her bills - one of the reasons I left). Of
>>> course, we don't get a percentage of the estate here, just hourly fees.
>>>
>>> Also, she did mostly consumer work (bankruptcy, estate planning, probate, elder
>>> law), and got quite a bit of clients from her advertisement in the YP. She also
>>> advertised in the local freebie paper (like a giant nickel) with some success.
>>>
>>> I'll be opening my practice in January to coincide with the phonebook coming out.
>>> Wish me luck!
>>>
>> Interesting about the probate. in my state you can't get attorney fees on a probate
>> case without the court's permission. I guess the YP is a matter of opinion. if you
>> live in an area of large population then they may not be worth it, but if it's a
>> small city or rural, just having your name under the attorney listing has got to get
>> some business. if it's word of mouth, they have to be able to find your name
>> somewhere. good luck with your practice, and don't let the naysayers here get you
>> down. some of us can make it on our own and just because they couldn't doesn't make
>> it true for everyone in the field.
>
>
> Thanks Carol!
>
> Washington has a pretty easy probate procedure - if the probate is non-intervention
> (I've never seen an intervention probate - not that I've been doing this long), then,
> the only court filings on a probate is starting the process through the petition, oath
> and order (usually ex parte), and finalizing it through the declaration of completion.
> Probably hurts the revocable living trust industry, through.
>
> Hopefully YP will pay off - we're in a relatively small area here (not like Seattle).
> Guess I have to wait and see.
>
> Kristi