Archive for April 2006
News from the Home Office Front
For those solos who work from home or are thinking about doing so, here are two articles of interest. First, from the Washington Post (4/3/06) comes this article, Working at Home, and Not Alone, about spouses who both work from home and how they negotiate their space. And for those who already work from home,…
Read MoreGraying of the Bar
This article, Graying of the Bar (Seattle Times, 4/10/06) raises some concerns for solo and small firm lawyers reaching the later stages of their careers. As the article describes, state bars are finding that they are investigating more complaints against older lawyers who may be suffering from mental health issues, but continue to practice law. …
Read MoreThe Solo Majority
In her article Small Shops Do the Heavy Lifting, Lovely Dhillon quotes a statistic that I’ve known for a long time, that in fact was my impetus for starting this site: a majority of firms in the U.S. are solo and small practices, a whopping 89 percent in fact. Even though solo practitioners and small…
Read MoreISO The Money Quote for Briefs
I’ve spent much of the past three weeks in seclusion, almost exclusively focused on a 75 page response in opposition to two summary judgment motions in a federal civil rights matter that I’ve been handling for close to four years. During the process, I had a chance to read some classic Supreme Court and Circuit…
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