There are a variety of reasons why launching their own law firm salaries can be an attractive proposition for qualified lawyers: greater flexibility and the ability to determine their own career path, family needs and lifestyle choices, having the opportunity to handle complex cases which would be taken on by senior personnel of a bigger organization, develop a distinctive and individual professional persona, avoid the uncertainties and vagaries that are usual in employer-employee dealings, bypass the office politics that are usual in any large organization, develop direct and solid client relationships, and enjoy the satisfaction of building their own practice. If you are entrepreneurial minded and are about to embark on launching your own law firm salaries, here are a few pointers to keep in mind.

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I have a very large, extremely winnable potential class action against a major American corporation. I don’t want to deal with an attorney looking for a few bucks from me, because this is a legitimate actionable behavior on the corporation’s part and I can’t afford to mount a suit on my own. I’d need to find a class action attorney who is ethical, brave and competent (the defendent will have corporate resources) and innovative (someone who’s stupid won’t begin to grasp the technical intricacies of the case, let alone win it). Any reasonable, responsible suggestions?

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