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Your answen d help you create a focused, well-researched busi-ness plan that should serve as a blueprint. It should detail how yourprrtctia? NU be operated, managed and capitdized One of t l most ~ilnpolTant cornerstones of startingup a lnw office is the busiuess plan.Once you have cumplcted your business plan, review it with n mentoror experienced attorney. The business plm is a flexible doexrment thatshauld chap as your bnsiness grows.Infi~mrtion in this a~ficle wns coniributed @ tbeS~nal/BusfnsssAssociation at m,sba.gov ai~d b~~Romld Z @rigs ofArnarIlto.\That equipment or supplies will you need?Fot eq~ipmeut: compare awning verstls renting md hvidingFor a'nmpIe: a mlnputer;pri!zfe~; cob))machine, phone SJ~S~BIII,,~~~ n~acbhe, smner,jmifwe, ce1Ipbo1~ orpgm; U ~Y~~IMRFS~YI~softumq arsa tnanq@nercl softium ibatmntah a calendar and client firrckirzg, andnccaunfing sojiuurm~For supplies: ask several esperiaicedaltotnqs for Iheir office sopply UstFor mmple:jIe foldm, yapel; enuelopes, postage,letle~~ktd, lnrsinw cnrdsTCDLAMEMORIALIZESWhat research nlaterials will )m need?Far wwple: :a book 011 jui:~! cbca&es,otr-liue legal msea~rh, n book that mntuins all the oit~~inrrlcodosWhat qecid &lions do you need to dlress man uttorne@ale state bar has the ulfo~m~(tioo on sctilng upan IOLTA account. Thestate bar also ltas theiuforn~ation on attonwy adve&hg.What, if any, fi~iancing will you need?Will yau need to apply for a loan?How nu~ch will you necd to borrow?Where will my business be located?hIost altarneys f31d it ~lvautilgeuus to oflice llear the courthouse.Howem, if distance is a concern, some attornep set up a post office boxnear their hououse and stop U~aemy nim&g on the way to their officelocated near the courlhouse es the miles driven from pi~rhouse to theo&e are not n deductible husn~ess apmsc.SEPTEMUER 2001 WWW.-LA.COM VOICE EOR THE DEFENSE 17