Archive for July 2009
When Should You Make “The Big Reveal?”
In dating, it’s known as "the big reveal" – the point in an emerging relationship where both participants put everything out on the table, from old flames to skeletons in the closet to religious preferences and desire for marriage and children. Deciding when to make the big reveal is tricky. Disclose too soon and you…
Read MoreThe Other Side of the Story on The Lawyer Who Represented Himself
Last week, I posted here about Denver lawyer, Mark Brennan, harshly criticizing him for representing himself in a before a disciplinary board that is threatening to pull Brennan’s license for doing nothing more than zealously representing his client and achieving an outstanding result. In the post, I agreed that the Board’s complaint was unjustified, but…
Read MoreBiglaw Free and the Solo
Update: For more interesting perspectives on Free, check out Ken Adams at Adams Drafting, Doug Cornelius at Compliance Building, Jordan Furlong at Law 21 and Jay Parkhill of Start Up Tool Box. A few weeks back, I read Chris Anderson’s book, Free which is also available free in a variety of formats, including a sponsored…
Read MoreGood Luck on The Bar Exam: It’s Your First Taste of the Practice of Law
No one could ever accuse the bar exam of testing lawyers on issues that they’re likely to encounter in practice. After all, how many times do you get a client accused of murder when he accidentally discharged a handgun at the precise moment that a suicidal person happened to leap off the building and fall…
Read MoreFee for Advice Sites Pose Traps for the Unwary
Originally, I intended to simply file an approving comment on Simple Justice blogger Scott Greenfield’s cautionary expose about Law Guru, but Scott’s post is so important, that it demands additional circulation. Scott reports on a new initiative by Law Guru.com to compensate lawyers for answers that they provide in response to questions posed by the…
Read MoreWhy Is This Lawyer Representing Himself At A Disciplinary Proceeding?
IMPORTANT – POST UPDATED HERE –The Other Side of the Story By all accounts, Denver lawyer Mark Brennan was treated badly. Last year, he won a verdict for his client in federal court, only to have it snatched away by the judge, as a sanction for Brennan’s inappropriate and outrageous conduct during the trial. Though I…
Read MoreRisking a Law License for $125 A Pop
File this story under “What were they thinking?” That was my first reaction when I read this disciplinary decision, Cincinnati Bar Association v. Mullaney, in which three lawyers were sanctioned for partnering up with Foreclosure Solutions, a non-lawyer company which referred the lawyers foreclosure cases (yes, that’s right – cases where folks were about to…
Read MoreHandling Biglaw Practice Areas on a Budget
With many biglaw attorneys now considering solo practice, I wanted to list a couple of ideas and resources to procure biglaw practice tools on a budget. For most consumer practice areas, such as family law, bankruptcy, trusts and estates, new solos can find a cornucopia of low cost practice tools, such as pro bono training…
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