{"id":29961,"date":"2024-02-23T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=1037211"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T19:01:13","slug":"step-in-time-starting-a-late-career-solo-law-practice-is-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2024\/02\/23\/step-in-time-starting-a-late-career-solo-law-practice-is-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Step In Time: Starting A Late Career Solo Law Practice Is Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1037226 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/02\/business-1239418_1280-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"business-1239418_1280\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/>You know, they say &#8220;it\u2019s never too late&#8221; \u2014 and, that\u2019s mostly true.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are lots of examples of people doing new things, late in life \u2014 even making career changes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So you might be thinking to yourself, &#8220;Gee, is it possible to start my own law firm, even after I\u2019ve had a whole career working as an attorney for other people?&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, the answer\u2019s yes! And we have a real-life example, who\u2019s willing to talk about his journey.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We invited <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glavylaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Antonio attorney Bud Glavy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> onto the Non-Eventcast podcast, to talk about his experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To start, Bud discusses his first career and how he made the transition from employee to business owner of his solo law firm (4:23).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bud then spoke about how he tries to leverage his case management software as a primary platform within his business (9:59).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Later, Bud addressed how it has been a struggle to find time for content marketing (21:16) and how he has solved that problem, including by utilizing a content management marketing tool (24:56).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bud then went on to wax poetic about modern legal research tools (25:53) and how best to leverage them (27:45).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, Bud spoke about accessing bar association resources (28:01), as well as how to best utilize local document assembly software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you think that the time for you to own your own business is passing you by, think again!\u00a0 It\u2019s never too late \u2013 and, this podcast episode will show you why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to also visit the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/39INXoO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Practice Management section<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of the Non-Event for more podcasts and commentary, along with your guide to the latest resources. 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