LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: FINDING LAWYERS & INFORMATION ABOUT THEM
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LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT:
FINDING LAWYERS & INFORMATION ABOUT
THEM
I. National Directories
II. Massachusetts Directories
III. Subject Specific Directories
IV. Finding Information About Lawyers
I. NATIONAL DIRECTORIES
Print Online
Martindale Hubbell Law Directory
Martindale.com
The American Bar Westlaw & Lexis
lawyers.findlaw.com
www.lawyers.com
WESTLAW & LEXIS
-- Lexis: Select Reference; Martindale Hubbell & select “Area of Law Listings,” Law School Listings, United States Listings, etc. Use the “Segment Searching” feature.
-- Westlaw: “view database directory” & select “Directories, References,” then select “West Legal Directories”
II MASSACHUSETTS DIRECTORIES
Print Online
Massachusetts Lawyers Diary & Manual
Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers/Office of Bar Counsel
Suffolk University Law School Alumni Directory
III. SUBJECT SPECIFIC DIRECTORIES
For more titles, search the library’s online catalog
Directory of Corporate Counsel
Directory of Intellectual Property Attorneys (Career Services)
Directory of Lawyers Practicing Disability Law (Career Services)
Lawyer’s Register International by Specialties & Fields of Law
Minority Law Journal Directory of Minority Attorneys
National Directory of Criminal Lawyers (Career Services)
Geographical Directories: Directory of New England In-House Counsel; Directory of DC Law Offices
IV. Finding Information About Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis) where did they go to school, what organizations do they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
--Find out if the attorney has authored law review articles, etc.
--Press – have any newspaper articles been written about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000 Reference, 6th Floor)
FIND OUT IF THE ATTORNEY HAS AUTHORED LAW REVIEW ARTICLES,
ETC.
--Westlaw: in the “select these databases” field enter tp-all – this will bring you to the “All Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals” library – perform a terms and connectors search
--Lexis: Select Secondary Sources, Law Reviews & Journals– perform a terms and connectors search
IV. Finding Information About Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis) where did they go to school, what organizations do they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review articles, etc.
--Press – have any newspaper articles been written about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000 Reference, 6th Floor)
HAVE ANY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE
ATTORNEY?
--Westlaw: In the “Select these Databases” field enter All News – this database contains newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters, government press releases, and transcripts of television and radio shows and congressional testimony. Do a terms and connecters search.
--Lexis: select the “News & Business” tab & select “News Group File, All.”
--Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
IV. Finding Information About Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis) where did they go to school, what organizations do they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review articles, etc.
√--Press – have any newspaper articles been written about them?
--Are they the attorney of record in any important cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000 Reference, 6th Floor)
FIND OUT IF S/HE WAS THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD IN ANY IMPORTANT CASES
--Westlaw: Select a database (MA-CS Mass cases, All State and Federal Cases, etc.) Select the “field restrictions” option to limit search by attorney name
--Lexis: Select a database (Federal & State Cases, etc.) Select the document segments--counsel
IV. Finding Information About Lawyers
--Directories (Martindale Hubbell, Westlaw & Lexis) where did they go to school, what organizations do they belong to, etc.
--Personal/firm Web Pages
√--Find out if the attorney has authored law review articles, etc.
√--Press – have any newspaper articles been written about them?
√--Are they the attorney of record in any important cases?
--The Insider’s Guide to Law Firms (KF 190 .I57 2000 Reference, 6th Floor)
Includes: associate and summer associate salaries, average hours, benefits/insurance, partnership info, practice areas, etc.
KF 190 .I57 2000 Reference, 6th Floor
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