Ten Commandments for Contractors - LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="our_legal_information.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN Legal Inf"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>© </B>2001 Elias M. Gordan</div> <div> All rights reserved</div> <bR> <div> <B>Law Office of</B></div> <div> <B>Elias M. Gordan</B></div> <div> Post Office Box 60</div> <div> Palos Park, IL  60464</div> <bR> <div> Phone  708.923.9735</div> <div> Email  gordanlaw@att.net</div> <div> Web    www.gordanlaw.com</div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOME PAGE LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN Contact U"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CONTRACTORS</B></div> <div> (C) 2001 Attorney Elias M. Gordan, Palos Park, IL</div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Thou shalt assess and appropriately price thy risks before binding thyself to a contract.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Thou shalt know thy owner and thy worksite, and shalt read and meditate on thy contract before binding thyself thereto.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3. Thou shalt practice neatness, cleanliness, and order in all thy files, all thy records, and all thy worksites.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>4. Thou shalt not expend $200 of labor and aggravation to save $50 of material.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>5. Thou shalt bill early and often for thy work.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(5A for subcontractors - Thou shalt bill early and often for thy work.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>6.  Thou shalt track thy receivables early and often.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(6A for subcontractors - Thou shalt track thy receivables early and often.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>7.  Thou shalt monitor thy disputes early and often.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(7A for subcontractors - Thou shalt monitor thy disputes early and often.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>8.  Thou shalt call in thy retained professionals before a problem gets out of control, or an unpaid bill becomes non-lienable.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>9.  Those who don’t remember (and learn from) the last job are condemned to repeat it.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>10.  Few entities fail as the result of one project - the seeds of an entity’s destruction are sown early.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >If you need assistance in keeping these commandments,  please </FONT><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN Contact U"><U>contact us</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOME PAGE LAW OFFICE OF ELIAS M. GORDAN"><U><B>BACK TO HOME PAGE AND RECENT NEWS</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Law Office of Elias M. Gordan, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.gordanlaw.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gordanlaw.com"><U><B>http://www.gordanlaw.com</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <B>Post Office Box 60, Palos Park, IL, 60464   </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.gordanlaw.com/id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gordanlaw.com/id26.htm"><U><B>email gordanlaw@att.net</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>708.923.9735</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>