Essentials for Starting a Law Firm B By Dan Mills and Rochelle Washington efore we get into the weeds of naming your firm, selecting the right entity, choosing an office location, setting up bank accounts, exploring technology, and so on, spend some time just thinking, and then consider the following: Is being a small firm lawyer right for you? If you have always been an employee in an organization where the work just came to you, where you did not have to generate business, being a small firm lawyer is going to be a brave new world where you must learn how to be a hunter and a herd builder. Photos courtesy of Lorelie S. Masters and Hilarie Bass Shutterstock