THE LAW FIRM LIFE CYCLE BY JONATHAN HAWKINS
Your firm has a life cycle. This book shows you how to thrive in every stage.
Law school taught you the law, not business. Yet here you are managing employees, chasing collections, worrying about partnership agreements, and lying awake wondering if you’re making the right decisions for your firm. You’re not alone. Every law firm owner faces these same challenges that no one prepared you for.
This book lays out the life cycle that law school never did. Based on decades of experience representing hundreds of law firms at every stage of growth, it reveals the patterns, pitfalls, and proven strategies that separate thriving practices from those that struggle or fail.
I’m a third-generation Georgia Tech engineer and second-generation lawyer. If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be a drummer in a Reggae band.
I went to law school at the University of Georgia School of Law, where I was the Managing Editor of the Georgia Law Review. Before that I graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Between undergrad and law school, I took some time off and lived in Costa Rica for a few months to learn Spanish, then moved to Colorado to work and learn how to snowboard. After that, I decided it was time to grow up.
I’ve been named as a Top 100 Lawyer in Georgia by SuperLawyers and have an AV Preeminent Peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2016, I was recognized as one of the Most Influential Attorneys in Georgia.
I’m a regular contributor to the Fulton County Daily Report and my cases have been featured in USA Today, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Law360, Fulton County Daily Report, Yahoo Finance, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and Washington Examiner and on WSBTV, 11Alive, and WABE.