One of the nice things about taking care of your own legal tasks is that if you educate yourself about basic legal issues, you can take care of a lot of the legal legwork yourself and just involve your attorney when you have a specific question.

Lots of businesspeople like to create their own business contracts and then ask their lawyer to look them over to make sure there aren't any gaping holes or major legal issues. This "legal coach" arrangement can be one of the most cost-effective ways to use legal services.

No matter how you decide to approach business legal issues, make sure you find an attorney with whom you have a good rapport, who is responsive and willing to let you handle some of your own legal issues.