Disaster appears in many guises, with effects ranging from temporary inconvenience to unthinkable devastation. The key to saving your practice in the precious few minutes available after disaster strikes — whether it’s earthquake, tornado (think back to the spring of 2000 when Fort Worth firms took a hit), fire, flood (remember Tropical Storm Allison?), server failure or, God forbid, a terrorist attack — is to devote time now to prevention and maintenance. Then, if you do encounter a disruption, use the experience as an opportunity to revise your plan with your newly gained knowledge of what worked and didn’t.
The following 11 tips are based on the collective wisdom of colleagues operating practice management advisory programs for bar associations and law societies throughout the United States and Canada.
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