Stop for a moment, and consider these four questions:

• Has your income diminished substantially in the last few years?
• Are you working harder and enjoying it less?
• Are you having trouble with an unprofitable partner?
• Had you planned to scale back by now, but find you can't afford to?

The ability of solo and small firm practitioners to earn a good living, and have fun doing it, has changed with the times. Technology, shifting political winds, the changing economy, and all those extra layers of bureaucracy and paperwork keep getting in the way. Call it The Mid-Career Professional Blues.

Deborah Arron, who founded and was managing partner of a successful civil litigation law firm -- and who built a thriving national public speaking and consulting business -- is able to provide down-to-earth, practical advice to solo and small firm practitioners wrestling with problems common to today's professional environment. With her wise counsel, you can take control once again, and reverse the trend.