This year is different. For real.  Consider:

🔥 Law firms are under fire by the current administration. 

⚖️ Lawyers are being asked to use their law degrees to advance reprehensible causes. 

🚫 Firms are firing attorneys for speaking their views on their personal Facebook pages. 

🏛️ The federal government is shut down. Federal employees are being furloughed or laid off.

📉 Tariffs and a volatile economy are pushing corporate counsel to tighten budgets.

🤖 AI is knocking at the door, threatening to make younger attorneys obsolete while forcing senior lawyers to adopt tools that radically change the way they work.

In more than 35 years of practice, I’ve never seen a convergence of events like this—political instability, professional uncertainty, and technological upheaval—all colliding at once. But for entrepreneurial lawyers, this is not the end of the profession. 

It’s the beginning of something new. 

2026 isn’t the year to play it safe. It’s the year to claim ownership of your talent, take control of your destiny, and start your own law firm.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• How the political and economic landscape is reshaping opportunities for independent lawyers
• Why entrepreneurial owners earn more than employees according to this report.
• Special considerations for:
  • Big Law to YourLaw: escaping the billable-hour treadmill and building equity in your own name
  • Federal Government: pivoting from public service to private practice while navigating ethics, conflicts, and non-compete issues
  • In-House Counsel: turning your corporate expertise into a profitable niche practice or fractional GC model
  • Early and mid-career lawyers without a experience or a book of business: finding paying clients right out of the gate

We’ll cover topics like: 

• How to incorporate AI from the get-go
• Building lean practices that thrive without institutional support or hefty loans;
• Designing a firm model that aligns with your goals – whether that’s a firm that’s sustainable, scalable, or eventually sellable (yes, even to private equity)
• Real talk on costs, ethics, and client development in an unstable market
• Strategies for building visibility, community, and influence in the new digital landscape

Other questions we’ll tackle:

• What kinds of practices will survive—and even thrive—in an AI-driven economy
• How do you identify your most monetizable legal skills?
• Can you launch a firm with limited capital, or even part-time?
• What does success look like when the traditional ladder is gone?
• 💬 And ask me anything – submit questions in advance and I’ll tackle them 

The bottom line:
Lawyers are being pushed out of their comfort zones—by technology, by politics, and by systems that no longer serve them. But those same forces are creating openings for those bold enough to step forward.

Join me for Make 2026 the Year You Start Your Law Firm—a live, interactive session that will help you turn uncertainty into opportunity and design a practice on your own terms.

📅 Date: Friday, November 7, 2025

🕑 Time: 2 pm ET

👉🏻 Register Here!

If you register now, you’ll get a free set of 30 law firm contract templates that you are free to update or personalize with AI.

Because this time, waiting it out isn’t an option. It’s time to stop loaning your talent—and start owning it.