Archive for January 2014
New Service for Solos and Smalls: Docket Hero
Perhaps the best — and worst — aspect of a solo or small firm law practice is that no matter how much you plan, you’re always in for surprises. In some months, you may go from no clients on the horizon on the first of the month to an overflow docket a month later. Or…
Read MoreMake Sure Your Website is Mobile Responsive – Lawyers and Law Service
Mobile marketing is nothing new. Four years ago, I posted on the growing trend and the need for website redesign in a mobile-compatible manner. But back then, mobile was still a relative blip; now mobile has fully gained traction – though not everyone has kept pace (even MyShingle is not mobile optimized yet). This week’s…
Read MoreCrazy Little Thing Called Speech
Above the Law columnist Elie Mystal asks: should nasty commenting trigger an ethics probe? Absolutely not. Moreover, as a vocal blogger often critical of ethics regulators and a practicing attorney dependent upon my law license for my livelihood, the fact that a law professor, of all people, would pursue this kind of action against a…
Read MoreMeet the PrioriLegal Founders: January 2014 MyShingle Commingle
As you know, I’ve written about the pros and cons of the new generation of online platforms that seek to match lawyers with small business clients. See here and here. The founders of one of these new companies, PrioriLegal.com, Basha Frost Rubin and Mirra Levitt will be in Washington D.C. and I’ll be hosting them…
Read MoreDelaware’s Bonafide Office Requirement Is Bonafide Hypocrisy & Bonafide Short-Sighted
You might say that recently sanctioned Delaware attorney Fred Barakat didn’t set his sights high enough. Suspended for two years for several disciplinary violations including representing clients from his Pennsylvania home without a bonafide office in Delaware, Barakat could have been a paragon rather than a pariah had he founded an #AltLaw operation instead of settling…
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