Legal Management Consultant John Olmstead to Present On Starting-Building-Managing a Law Firm at John Marshall Law School

Date: 11/5/2012

ST. LOUIS, MO., November 5, 2012 . . .

Olmstead & Associates recently announced that Dr. John W. Olmstead, president of the legal management consulting group, will speak at the Law Practice Managment Class at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, on the topic of “Starting-Building-Managinga Law Firm”.  A focused and well managed practice is an achievable goal for all attorneys. John Olmstead will inform and educate attendees on issues and challenges involved and how to develop plans to start, grow, and transition their practices from Starting – Phase I to Building – Phase II and Managing – Phase III.

The presentation will be held November 5, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Olmstead is a Certified Management Consultant and the president of Olmstead & Associates, Legal Management Consultants and Life On Balance. Both firms are based in St. Louis, Missouri. Olmstead & Associates helps law and other professional service firms change and reinvent their practices. Dr. Olmstead has more than 40 years experience in law firm management and working with law firms. He is currently serving as Ex-Officio, Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics of the Illinois State Bar Association. Dr. Olmstead is the Editor-in-Chief of “The Lawyers Competitive Edge: The Journal of Law Office Economics and Management,” published by Thomson-West. He has lectured for the Association of Legal Administrators, St. Louis Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Trial Attorneys, IBM, Illinois State University, Illinois State Bar Association, Solo-Map CPA Association of St. Louis and many other national, state, and local bar associations.

Olmstead & Associates provides practice management, coaching, marketing, and technology consulting services. Their coaching program provides attorneys and staff with one-on-one coaching to help them get “unstuck” and move forward, reinventing both themselves and their law practices. Life On Balance helps clients improve work-life balance and improve overall quality of work and life. Work-life coaching, consulting, and speaking services are provided. Founded in 1984, Olmstead & Associates serves clients across the United States ranging in size from 100 professionals to firms with solo practitioners.

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