Archive for January 2005
Big Firm Partners: Not Much More Than Small Time Employees
Big firm partnership. In many legal circles, big firm partnerships are regarded as the brass ring, the peak of the legal mountain. Law students dream of them, young associates sacrifice their personal lives to 80 hour work weeks to vie for them while even federal judges leave the bench for them, succumbing to the temptation…
Read MoreHow A Little Lawsuit Now Threatens A Lawyer’s Career – and How to Avoid this Mess
This article, He’s Sure He’s Right But He’s All Alone (1/9/05) describes the epic of Mark Adams, who finds himself on the brink of losing his law license all because of a case that he filed on behalf of a client back in 2001. How he went from one situation to the other reflects much…
Read MoreHot Practice Area Alert
This month’s issue of Law Practice Management (Jan/Feb 2005) contain’s Robert Denney’s annual Trends Report: What’s Hot and What’s Not in the Legal Profession. Topping the list of hot practice areas are employment law, IP and contingency litigation (though not for personal injury, which is cool due to tort reform legislation). Also hot, but less…
Read MoreSmall Firm Effort for Tsunami Victims
Matt Homann has issued this challenge to solo and small firm lawyers to collectively raise $100,000 for tsunami victims. Visit the link and see how to help.
Read MoreThe Birth of Two New Practices and Weblogs
One of the things that I love most about running MyShingle and writing my column for Small Firm Business is that it’s put me in touch with dozens of readers – law students and practicing attorneys – who aspire to start a practice. As much as I enjoy the stability of my practice now, there…
Read MoreStill Waiting for My Archives
Our long time readers will recall that our site has been in operation for two years and had working links, deep archives and a nifty On Line Guide to Starting a Law Firm. Unfortunately, we still are not able to make these amenities available yet. Please keep checking back for when MyShingle returns to its…
Read MoreMore Marketing Tips – For When Business is Slow
January must be national marketing month for lawyers. Here’s yet another article on marketing, this one by Kimberly Fanady on What to Do When the Phone Stops Ringing , Small Firm Business (January 10, 2005). There’s likely to be at least one tip in the article that may work for you – and by turning…
Read MoreAnother Article on Disatisfaction in the Legal Profession
This article, Web site tells of woes of attorneys (SF Chronicle 1/8/05) reports on the Anonymous Lawyer phenonenom, speculating that the site may “make you feel sorry for lawyers.” The article then goes on to describe the grind of the large law firm, working hard and deferring gratification until the big payoff of partnership: Although…
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