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44 Prac. Law. 3 (1998)

handle is hein.ali/praclaw0044 and id is 1 raw text is: THE PRACTICAL
JANUARY 1998
LAWYER                                  Volume 44/Number 1
CONTENTS
Agreements in Principle
for Marital Property Distribution                      page 15
All of the effort and negotiating that it took to get a divorcing couple to agree
to a distribution of marital property can disappear in an instant if the parties
have a chance to reconsider. To avoid this possibility, have the parties execute
an agreement in principle as soon as they reach a meeting of the minds.
Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin is a partner with the Norristown, Pennsylvania office of
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. She is a member of the editorial board of
The Practical Lawyer.
Support Staff as a Marketing Tool                      page 19
Your support staff is your front line in dealing with clients. The accomplish-
ments of good people can attract-and keep-valued clients.
Kennard R. Strutin is a law librarian and legal research instructor at the
Syracuse University College of Law.
Employment Agreements in Business Acquisitions
(with Model Agreement)                                 page 23
When a large company acquires a smaller specialty firm, one of the things that
it wants to gain is the skill of experienced personnel. Good employment agree-
ments can help the acquiring firm to hold onto the talents of the best people.
Paul J. Malak is an associate with Egler, Garrett & Egler, in Pittsburgh.