LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: FINDING LAWYERS & INFORMATION ABOUT THEM

National Directories Massachusetts Directories Subject Specific Directories 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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