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How to Build and Manage a Family Law Practice
Our Price: $64.95

Mark A. Chinn

Here’s no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts guidance for starting and growing a family law practice. You’ll get real-world advice tailored to divorce lawyers on marketing, dealing with clients, billing, staff, trial preparation, time management, financial management, and handling the natural stresses of a family law practice. This book is chock-full of practical ideas you can put to work for you, and includes a CD-Rom with forms and supporting materials.
Creating Effective Parenting Plans
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By John Hartson and Brenda Payne

The old days of cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all custody arrangements are ending. This book will show you how to create parenting plans that work – that are geared to children’s developmental stages, and that adapt over time as the needs of the children change. The result is happier families and more satisfied clients. The book also considers special situations such as parental relocation, siblings at widely different ages, high-conflict parents, children with special needs, etc. Includes a CD-Rom with forms and materials to use with clients.
Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code
Our Price: $331.00

By the Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity, Alan N. Resnick, and Henry J. Sommer Here’s a plain-English guide every divorce lawyer needs to understand what happens to a family law case when a spouse files bankruptcy. You’ll learn how to determine the debtor’s interest in marital property; the effect on alimony, support and modification actions; how the automatic stay impacts the divorce; special rules for community property; the overlap of bankruptcy court and family court jurisdiction; and much more! This is a practice-oriented guide for both the general practitioner and the matrimonial specialist.


One volume, looseleaf, regularly updated. Click here to view the table of contents. Your purchase includes a supplement service so you’ll never be out-of-date. You’re under no obligation and you can cancel this service at any time.

Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce Without Litigation
Our Price: $129.95

By Pauline H. Tesler

New, greatly expanded Second Edition!

This unique book explains this emerging dispute resolution model of collaborative law that is helping family lawyers bring their clients through the divorce passage with integrity and satisfaction. Noted authority Pauline H. Tesler explains the goals of collaborative law and the various stages of a collaborative representation, as well as the special ethical considerations for collaborative lawyers, how to develop and market a collaborative law practice, identifying and planning for the key moments in a collaborative representation, and a complete array of published and online resources for both lawyers and clients.

An accompanying CD includes the book's many sample forms, as well as a user-friendly question-and-answer handbook designed to orient clients to the collaborative process, which may be reproduced for client use.

One volume, softbound, 369 pages plus CD-Rom. Published in 2008.

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The Divorce Trial Manual: From Initial Interview to Closing Argument
Our Price: $119.95

By Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin and Stephen Kolodny

Organize and present your case to achieve the optimum outcome for your clients! Clearly written and well organized, this practical volume is filled with advice, useful tips, checklists, sample Q and A's, and helpful guidelines for handling the diverse circumstances of a trial. Based on the many lessons taught in the 17-year history of the Trial Advocacy Institute for matrimonial lawyers, it’s a complete roadmap and tells you how to conduct effective discovery; select and prepare lay witnesses; develop and present a theory of the case; use opening statement and closing argument; organize material to prepare for trial; cross-examine appraisers, custody evaluators and others; make evidentiary objections; and much more. A companion CD-ROM contains practical forms plus an invaluable, 67-page client manual.

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The Family Lawyer's Guide to Stock Options
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By Lester Barenbaum, Walter Schubert and Robert D. Feder

More than 14 million Americans now receive stock options, and 79% of them earn less than $75,000 a year. Every family lawyer can anticipate dealing with them, and here’s the first book to explain this complex field in plain English. You’ll get state-by-state rules on options in property division, alimony and child support; approaches to dividing options and the benefits of each; valuation methods in clear language; an in-depth discussion of the tax ramifications; sample provisions for divorce agreements; a discovery checklist; a glossary; and much more. CD-Rom included.

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One volume, softbound, published in 2007.
The Lawyer's Business Valuation Handbook, Second Edition
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By Shannon Pratt and Alina V. Niculita

Here’s a practical guide that uses clear writing and numerous examples to demystify the basic terminology and financial analysis of appraisers. This conveniently organized and thoroughly indexed reference will help you evaluate a financial analysis, decide what elements to accept or reject, and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the positions in a case.

This handbook covers all aspects of the process of determining the value of a business, including definitions of value; professional standards and professional credentials; commonly used terminology; recognized and accepted valuation methods and common errors; commonly used bodies of empirical evidence, such as discount and capitalization rates, market multiples, and minority, marketability, and other discounts and premiums; and how to understand and analyze a written report. The chapters on methodology are clearly written and contain numerous examples so they may be understood even without a financial background. The text also contains extensive case citations to courts’ positions on all types of business-valuation issues.

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One volume, softbound, 625 pages. Published in 2010.
Lee's North Carolina Family Law, Fifth Edition
Our Price: $361.00

By Suzanne Reynolds

This definitive three-volume work gives you comprehensive coverage of North Carolina family law. You’ll get in-depth discussions of the marriage relationship from engagement to dissolution, as well as every aspect of the parent-child relationship. You’ll find complete coverage of all North Carolina case and statutory law, plus expert analysis of contracts, torts, evidence, and constitutional issues. Here’s everything you need to know in one place – don’t practice family law without it!

Three hardbound volumes plus current supplement.

Your purchase includes a supplement service so you’ll never be out-of-date. You’re under no obligation and you can cancel this service at any time.

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Modern Child Custody Practice, Second Edition
Our Price: $289.00

By Jeff Atkinson

This book will guide you through each step of the process – from first client interview through appeals – and provide guidance on emerging topics such as out-of-state moves by custodial parents, grandparent and stepparent visitation, using and rebutting mental health testimony, mediation techniques, and interstate and international custody disputes. Plus you'll get forms, checklists, case examples and detailed citations. This is an authoritative source cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and 11 state supreme courts.

Two volumes, looseleaf; second edition published in 2006.
Maryland Family Law, Fourth Edition
Our Price: $165.00

By John F. Fader II and Richard J. Gilbert

This comprehensive volume will answer all your questions about Maryland family law! You’ll get more than 1,000 pages of clear explanation of child custody and support, alimony, marital property, adoption, paternity, domestic violence, enforcement issues, settlement agreements, attorney fees and much more. The book also includes dozens of helpful forms. Don’t practice family law in Maryland without it!

One volume, hardbound; 1,052 pages, plus current supplement.

Your purchase includes a supplement service so you’ll never be out-of-date. You’re under no obligation and you can cancel this service at any time.

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