Sara Forte, an employment lawyer, recently sat down with Lawyers
Financial to reflect on her experience starting a firm and building
a team. By all accounts, her practical and intuitive approach to
success is working. Below are her top three tips.
You can watch Sara's 5-minute video, as part of our continuing
"Going Solo" series of docu-videos here.
1) You don't have to know everything if you know the right
people
Being a great lawyer should be your number one priority. No one
expects you to also be an entrepreneur, accountant, and employer
without a little help.
"One thing I think that every person who is starting a law
firm should do is make sure they are connected to professional
advisors," Sara says. She recounts two very important
connections she made early in her solo career. The first was with a
fellow lawyer, with a successful family law practice, who was happy
to share her wisdom and debunk many of the myths about running your
own business. The second
