Lawyers’ Practice Materials

Barbara Swatt EngstromSeattle University School of Law

Last Will and TestamentAdvance Directive

Power of Attorney

Everyday Law Office Documents

• How to Start and Build a Law Practice

• WSBA Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP)www.wsba.org/lawyers/services/lomap.htm

Choosing a Business Entity

• CLEs• BNA Corporate Practice Series Portfolios• Business Law Monographs• Limited Liability Companies

Forms for Business Entity

• Topical: Fletcher’s Corporation Forms Annotated

• Washington Specific: Washington Business Entities: Laws & Forms (2005)

• WA Secretary of State: www.secstate.wa.gov

Licensing

• WA Department of Licensingwww.dol.wa.gov

Finances

Sales: UCC Article 2Payments: UCC Articles 3 & 4Letters of Credit: UCC Article 5Security Interest: UCC Article 9

• Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code • Department of Licensing has a financing

statement. www.dol.wa.gov

Lease Office Space

• Washington Real Property Deskbook• General Formbooks:

AmJur Legal FormsWest’s Legal FormsNichols Cyclopedia of Forms

Contracts

• Drafting Effective Contracts

• Williston on Contracts: Forms

Employment Issues

• Washington Employment Law Deskbook

Taxation

• Federal taxes: CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter BNA tax management portfolios

• State & Local taxes: Washington State & Local Tax Deskbook by WSBA

Intellectual Property

• Treatises: Nimmer on Copyright; McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition; Chisum on Patents

• United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov

Bankruptcy

• Collier on Bankruptcy and Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice

• United States Bankruptcy Courtshttp://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts.html

Family Law

• Washington Family Law Deskbook• Washington Practice volumes on Family &

Community Property Law with Forms• Mandatory Domestic Relations Forms

www.courts.wa.gov/forms

Estate Planning & Will Drafting

• Washington Estate Planning Deskbook• Washington Probate Deskbook• Washington Law of Wills and Intestate

Succession (2005)

Recap Practice Materials

Old Stand Bys• Federal: Wright and Miller Federal Practice

and Procedure• Washington: Washington Practice

For Everything Else• Check with to see if there is a subject specific

practice set