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Legal Articles Written by St. Petersburg, Florida Lawyer James W. Martin

• Fifty Tips for Drafting Contracts (with Sample Provisions) ALI-CLE The Practical Lawyer
• The Basics of Contract Drafting, The Florida Bar Basic Transactional Law CLE
• Tips for Handling the Complex Real Property Transaction, ALI-CLE The Practical Real Estate Lawyer 
• Why You Need an Employee Policy for Electronic Information, ALI-ABA The Practical Lawyer 
• I Want to Sign an Electronic Will, ALI-ABA The Practical Lawyer 
• Ten Tips for Handling Complex Probate, ALI-ABA The Practical Lawyer, and Fla. B.J. 
• I Want to Probate a Will in Federal Court, Fla. Bar News 
• Converting from Paper to Electronic Files, Fla. Bar News 
• May I Shred My Scanned Paper Files, Fla. Bar News 
• How to Sue an LLC Member Without Piercing the Corporate Veil, Fla. Bar News
• Is the Law of the Body a Body of Law?, Fla. Bar News 
• Be Careful Using Form Real Estate Contracts, Fla. Bar News
• Practice Tips: Forget to Put Your Client’s Address in the Judgment, Fla. Bar News
• Construction Contractors in Florida Are Incorporating, Fla. Bar News 
• The Technology You Need to Project the Vision of Your Case, Fla. Bar News 
• Drafting the Contract or Settlement Agreement That Stays Out of Court, The Brief (ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section); The Best Articles Published by the ABA (ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section) 
• A File Management System for Lawyers, Fla. Bar News
• Legislature Limits Homeowners’ Rights to Sue Contractors, Fla. Bar News 
• Jim’s Three Favorite Technology Tools, Fla. Bar News 
• Forming a Small Music Business: The Who Meets the Whys and the Wherefores, ALI-ABA The Practical Lawyer 
• Putting Your Entertainment or Sports Client’s Nest Egg in Florida: Legal Ways to Preserve Wealth, The Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section
• Tips for Drafting Purchase Contracts (Lorman)
• Fifty Tips for Writing the 21st Century Contract That Stays Out of Court, Fla. B.J.; ALI-ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer 
• New Law Says File Money Judgments with DOS, Fla. Bar News
• How to Write Letters Nonlawyers Will Read, ALI-ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, and Fla. Bar News 
• How to Write Contracts and Other Documents as a Professional in a Mechanistic World, ALI-ABA The Practical Real Estate. Lawyer, and Fla. Bar News
• Fifty Tips for Writing the Contract That Stays Out of Court, ALI-ABA The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, and Fla. Bar News
• Execution of Florida Legal Documents, Special Pamphlet, West Publishing
• Basic Legal Asset Protection and Estate Planning Concepts for Florida Residents (Nat’l Center for Preventive Law, Denver)
• A Ban on Adult Only Communities and Much More: The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, Probate & Property (ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section)
• A Client Letter, ALI-ABA The Practical Lawyer
• How To Protect the Plaintiff in a Structured Settlement of a Personal Injury Case, ATLA Trial Magazine

Legal Technology Articles Written by St. Petersburg, Florida Attorney James W. Martin

• Why You Need an Employee Policy for Electronic Information, ABA Family Advocate, ALI-ABA Practical Lawyer
• Don’t Print That Email, ALI-ABA Practical Lawyer
• Going Paperless…Or Not, ALI-ABA Practical Lawyer
• A Model Electronic File Policy for the Law Office, ALI-ABA Practical Lawyer
• May I Shred My Scanned Paper Files, Fla. Bar News
• Converting from Paper to Electronic Files, Fla. Bar News
• Technology You Need to Project Vision of Your Case, ALI-ABA Practical Litigator
• A Simple Computer File Management System for Lawyers, ALI-ABA CLE Review
• Solo Practice Management Basics, ALI CLE Practical Lawyer