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Up Close - Law - June 02, 2011
Solo attorneys unite
More lawyers practicing alone, facing challenges in networking, mentoring

By Chey Scott
Of the Journal of Business

Bar unit founders include, seated, Angel Base and Lara Strandberg; standing, Tom McGarry, Jennifer Gellner, and Ken Zigler.
Bar unit founders include, seated, Angel Base and Lara Strandberg; standing, Tom McGarry, Jennifer Gellner, and Ken Zigler.
—Staff photo by Chey Scott
A newly formed section within the Spokane County Bar Association aims to support a growing number of solo and small-practice attorneys.

The group's formation underscores an emerging trend in which many law-school graduates are striking out on their own after passing a bar examination, as firms hire fewer associates and in some cases downsize due to economic factors.

The bar association approved establishing the Solo and Small Practice Section last month, and the secti...


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