Archive for March 2006
Not the Way to Win on Rehearing
David Swanner posts this excerpt from a rehearing petition that’s likely to lose. Read it and see if you can figure out why: Statement of Issue Presented for Review: The Court of Appeals committed a major error in affirming the dismissal. The Court did not address the facts of the case. The Court has a…
Read MoreA Decade of Website Advice
Dennis Kennedy has been writing about law firm websites for ten years now, a veritable eternity in Internet time – and he has these tips for law firms who still can’t seem to get it right. Dennis’ peeves include hard to find email addresses and concealed or non-existent attorney bios. (As for me, a law…
Read MoreGood News from Dan Hull
Dan Hull of What About the Clients speads some good cheer for us solo and small firm lawyers with this post referencing a recent study that only 30 percent of clients would recommend their law firm and that poor client service is driving clients away. As Dan recaps: it’s what I’ve been telling you for…
Read MoreWatch What You Wish For…
In response to posts criticizing the Nevada Bar’s heavy handed approach to an attorney who advertises himself as “The Heavy Hitter,” (see here, here and here), Jon Stein of The Practice blog endorses increased regulation. Jon, who is a personal injury attorney himself believes that undignified advertising gives the professsion a black eye and hurts…
Read MoreAnother Great Solo Resource
Via Ben Cowgill, I learned about Jim Calloway’s announcement about the Oklahoma Bar’s website for Starting A Law Firm. Even if you’re not starting a practice in Oklahoma, there’s quite a bit that you can learn from the resources at the site.
Read MoreAnd yet another (2) solo blogs…
As if it weren’t enough that multiple bloggers continue to go solo, the number of blogs on solo practice are also proliferating. Welcome three newcomers, Ray Dowd of Small Firm Life, Victor Medina’s Solo Law Practice Blog, and Take the Fifth (launched in December 2005) about an Estate Planning attorney building a practice. Is solo…
Read MoreA Supreme Solo No More
As more law firm bloggers turn solo (including this one), Supreme small firm lawyer Tom Goldstein, bucks the trend with his recent announcement that he’s moving on to join a large firm. I’ve got mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, Tom’s move is testament to my belief that solo practice can take…
Read MoreHow to Be Super Efficient
I like to think that I’m pretty good at multi-tasking but reading this post by Greatest American Lawyer tired me out. In a couple of three minute intervals that would have otherwise gone wasted, GAL added two items to the firm extranet, Practicing Law from the Kitchen Table and in the Car, dictated instructions to…
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