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More On Technology Taking Us Back to the Future

November 22, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Dr. Brest Rosenblum runs a solo family practice in  Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, that hearkens back to the days before healthcare, like law, became a business.   When Dr. Rosenblum’s patients arrive at the office, he greets them in the waiting room and takes down their intake information himself. After hours, when Dr. Rosenblum isn’t available, his patients [...]

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Iowa Lawyer Steve Lombardi Helping New Lawyers Help Themselves

October 26, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

At a time when large firms are throwing young associates overboard and cutting down on training all in the name of profit, Iowa lawyer Steve Lombardi seems downright anachronistic. With thirty years of experience under his belt, Lombardi could be focusing his efforts on expanding his practice or prepping for retirement, but instead, he’s doing [...]

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Yes, It’s Really Hard

September 15, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

You thought you’d done everything right in starting your law firm.  Read the blogs and the books, talked to a couple of solos around town, wrote a business or marketing plan, bought the business cards and set up a decent website, sent the announcements out to everyone and their brother too. Yet here it is, [...]

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My Own Blast From The Past: Everything’s Going To Be Alright

April 26, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

I am not supposed to be posting here.  My blog is moving platforms and this post will be lost in the transition.  Oh well.  There’s a good conversation taking place on line and I wanted to join in. Today, Scott Greenfield shared his own blast from the past (or if you prefer, his salad days, [...]

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Passion Is Always in Fashion

April 13, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

In a couple of hours, I’m heading out to Seattle for the Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference as well as some other meetings with colleagues and online friends.  I’ll be away for the week and fairly busy, so I won’t be posting.  Plus, while I’m away, there’ll be some back-end work taking place at my [...]

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Sorry, But I’m Not Contrite About Ignite Law (Just a Little Late to Respond)

April 1, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

The night before ABATech Show, I participated in Ignite Law 2010:  The Future of Law in Six Minute Increments.  I’ll admit — the Ignite event excited me – and I submitted a proposal  because I think and write about the future of law and also because the Ignite format – 20 slides in 20 seconds [...]

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Attorneys Defending Bar Requirements Say that Lawyer Must Violate Them To Bring a Challenge

February 15, 2010 by Carolyn Elefant

Princeton, New Jersey based solo, Ekaterina Schoenefeld did what every good lawyer is supposed to do:  she abided her state bar’s ethics rules even though doing so cost her financially.   Though duly licensed in New York, Schoenefeld couldn’t practice there.  That’s because New York Judiciary Code section 470 requires non-resident, New York barred lawyers [...]

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In Praise of the Long Journey

December 22, 2009 by Carolyn Elefant

In an age where we envy quick success – the dotcom that grows from garage to gargantuan in eighteen months, the blogger who gets a book deal after three months – artist in turn lead to break-out success.  Five years later at 94, Herrera is savoring the financial remuneration and notoriety from a lifetime of [...]

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Inspiration for Lawyers From A Boy Who Built A Windmill

November 30, 2009 by Carolyn Elefant

–It was a future I could not accept. (William Kamkwaba, Ted Talk at 2:28) A decade ago, William Kamkwaba was just a poor simple farm boy growing up in Malawi, Africa, fully expecting that like his father, he too would become a farmer.  But in 2001, Malawi experienced a devastating drought and famine that knocked [...]

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Shinglers Who May Inspire You To Start A Law Firm And Become the Lawyer You Dreamed of Being

November 21, 2009 by Carolyn Elefant

This past Friday, I presented a nearly full day seminar, Solo By Choice in the Current Economy at the Oregon Bar Center, sponsored by the Professional Liability Fund, the Oregon State Bar Sole and Small Firm Practitioners Section and the Practice Management Section of the Oregon Bar.  But as I was preparing the materials, I realized that [...]

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