New Stuff Coming – Stay Tuned

Hey MyShingle Readers – As you may have noticed, I’ve taken a little bit of a posting break.  After 20 years, it’s time for me to refocus on what today’s new law firm owners need and how I can help.  I’ve been working on a course based on the materials in Solo by Choice, and…

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Run Solo Run: Why Law Firm Owners Should Seek Office

VOTE

When it comes to influencing public policy and the judicial system, it often seems as if biglaw attorneys have the upper hand.  Many large firm attorneys have the kinds of connections that can put them on an inside track for judicial appointments.  And biglaw attorneys also have ample resources to back candidates who share their…

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Plan Your Law Firm, Courtesy of Canva

If you’ve read my stuff, you know I’m not a fan of a formal business plan as a prerequisite to starting a law firm.  For starters, in today’s fast changing world, a business plan can change even as you’re writing it.  Plus, a formal plan lends itself to extensive research and analysis/paralysis which holds many…

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Here’s to the Crazy Ones

After the law firm where I worked as an associate twenty five years ago gave me six months to find a new job, I had a crazy idea.  What if I didn’t look for a job at all and instead decided to start my own law firm? And even crazier, what if that law firm…

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Don’t Replicate – Create: How Lawyers Succeed in the New Normal

A week or two before her high school graduation, my older daughter decided to go vegan.  To accommodate my daughter’s new eating regime, our family celebrated her graduation at a vegan restaurant which served up entrees like lasagna and chicken parmigiana by substituting nutritional yeast and soy proteins for cheese, eggs and meat. Yet despite…

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