1. The bottom line is the only line . Car Accident ? Work Injury ? Messy Divorce ?

2. Portland Legal NETWORK Unions Suppliers Special Interests Competitors Partners Customers Regulatory Agencies

3. Tull, Tull, Cohen, & Thompson B C Interorganizational Network Portland Legal

4. Portland Legal NETWORK GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Culture Political Social Technology Economy Physical Legal

5. Wilson Lee – Associate Attorney Has been with the firm of Portland Legal since last year. Is currently assigned by Don Covert, Jr. to explore new markets for the firm (especially small and international businesses). Is a entrepreneur at heart who is dedicated to making this firm more versatile, dynamic and solutions-oriented.

6. Portland Legal Law Library The Front Entrance

13. THE POWER STRUGGLE DON COVERT, JR. – Managing Partner Son of founding partner Don Covert, Sr. (now “of counsel”) Manages associates and clerks Heads of IT, Accounting, Marketing , the Investigators and ostensibly the Office Manager also report to him Inclusive management style run more like a professional bureaucracy, tech savvy, forward thinking

14. BEV HENLEY – Office Manager Has been with the firm since its founding Manages receptionist, secretarial staff and paralegals Will also manage file clerks with the closing of the firm’s library THE POWER STRUGGLE Top down management style, runs her fiefdom much like a machine bureaucracy, technophobic, believes the firm has gone to “heck in a hand basket” since old man Covert’s semi-retirement

17. The End