Speaker 1: Welcome to The Network. The Network is a monthly group that's presented by the Beverly Hills Bar Association. We are a group of lawyers that meet to get to

Speaker 2: know other lawyers in different fields. Some of the benefits of joining The

Speaker 3: Network are building a network of referrals both for your practice as well as to other areas of practice that you may not specialize in. The camaraderie of meeting other colleagues and just engaging in friendly conversation and discussions both on matters of personal interest as well as legal specialty

Speaker 1: matters. It is a great way to come and meet other members of the bar and other attorneys who work in different areas of law so that you can learn from them and whether it's learn different ways to help your business, help your practice, grow your practice, or just learn about different areas of law that you might not otherwise have known anything about. Referral business is very important to

Speaker 2: lawyers in the industry. It's what drives business and allows us to ensure that we

Speaker 1: have a thriving practice. Our group consists of attorneys from all different areas of practice, criminal, entertainment, family, employment law, taxation, all the

Speaker 2: way across the board. It's a good way to get to know other professionals who we can refer business to and in exchange who can refer business back to us. So in

Speaker 3: that regard, we have monthly meetings and at those meetings we introduce ourselves. Often we have presentations that one lawyer or another makes about their practice or a topic of legal interest in their practice. At the end of

Speaker 2: each meeting, we are placed in groups of three and four so that we get to know each other a little bit better and we can feel comfortable in the referrals

Speaker 1: that we make. Signing up with the network is as easy as being a member of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. You don't have to be a member to come to a meeting. You can come, you can check it out if you like it. Sign up with the Beverly Hills Bar Association and you can join through the Beverly Hills Bars website or just call the Beverly Hills Bar to find out more information and we'll see you at the network. See you at the network. See you at the network.