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Practice Transitions

The Solo Attorney's Succession Plan: Protecting Your Clients, Files, and Trust Account If You Die or Become Disabled

Texas imposes no rule that says "write a succession plan" — but the duties you owe clients don't pause when you die or become disabled. Here's how solo and small-firm attorneys designate a successor, solve the trust-account problem, and protect their clients before a crisis hits.

Buying a Law Practice: What Every Attorney Acquirer Needs to Know About Due Diligence, Valuation, and Deal Structure

Practice Transitions

Buying a Law Practice: What Every Attorney Acquirer Needs to Know About Due Diligence, Valuation, and Deal Structure

Thinking about buying a law practice? This guide covers the attorney-buyer's full due diligence playbook — from valuing goodwill to structuring earnouts to navigating ABA Rule 1.17's client notification requirements.

How to Sell a Law Practice in Texas: The Legal and Ethical Roadmap for Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys

Practice Transitions

How to Sell a Law Practice in Texas: The Legal and Ethical Roadmap for Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys

Selling a law practice in Texas is not prohibited — but it triggers a web of ethical obligations most attorneys don't know about. Here's what you must do under the TDRPC before you hand over the files.

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Practice Transitions

Succession Isn't a Listing: Why Selling Your Firm Is the Smaller Half of the Plan

Brokers and valuation tools pitch retiring lawyers a one-time sale — but a sale is the smaller half of succession. The bigger half is continuity: who keeps serving your clients. Even Rule 1.17 centers the client, not your payout. Here's succession reframed from exit to stewardship.

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Locum Tenens for Law Firms: Who Covers Your Cases When You're Gone?

Solo and small-firm lawyers can't take a real vacation because no one can cover their cases. Medicine solved this with locum tenens — a vetted, paid coverage market. Law has a handshake. Here's what real coverage infrastructure looks like, and why Rule 1.3 already points there.