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Simone Biles and Getting to No
Earlier this week, Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history just said no to continuing in the team gymnastics competition and participating in the individual all-around at the Tokyo Olympics, citing mental health concerns. Not surprisingly, Biles’ raving fans supported her decision – and to their credit, most commentators have as well — applauding…
Read MorePower Pacts $199
Have you ever thought about how much money you’ve lost by not having the right contract in place? For example: You have an online consult and the client’s ready to seal the deal. But you don’t have a standard engagement agreement to send and by the time you draft one, the client has hired someone…
Read MoreMake Money Monday: Where You Need To Be Remote
Last week, the New York Times reported on a recent study by WalletHub which ranked each state on its suitability for remote work. The survey evaluated two primary factors: employer-friendly characteristics such as the number of people already working remotely and worker-specific features such as cost of electricity and Internet and average housing and lot sizes.…
Read MoreFree Excerpt from Power Pacts: Retainers
Just a quick note to let readers know that the Legal ClauseIt chock full of plug & play power pacts for 21st century lawyers will be available for purchase next week. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive advance notice of our special launch deal, sign up here – and in exchange, you can…
Read MoreWelcome to the Law Firm “Clause It” – Launching Next Week!
When entrepreneurs launch a startup, they can find dozens of high-quality , affordable online resources to create the types of documents and agreements needed to start and operate a business. Some of the best known free offerings from biglaw firm, Orrick or payment processor, Stripe Atlas include incorporation documents and employee agreements. And many enterprising attorneys have…
Read MoreFREE 90 Minute Client Triage Clinic
As we head into 2021, there’s a whole new crop of new law firms that have been launched. I wanted to offer a program to help new firms, or firms adding new practice areas to jump start their businesses and so I’m offering a FREE 90 minute program, the Client Triage Clinic. During the Clinic,…
Read MoreFrom Biglaw to Yourlaw – Why Lawyers MUST Own Their Talent
I just posted a 48 minute video, from biglaw to your law that talks about why it’s so important for lawyers to own their talent and control their destiny. This video speaks to people at biglaw where the myths of solo and small firm practice are most heavily perpetrated, but it will apply to anyone…
Read MoreUse a sow to prevent a client from hogging time when it comes to fixed fee legal services
Despite the myriad of benefits associated with flat fees – from rewarding efficiency rather than time to eliminating onerous timekeeping – most attorneys still haven’t adopted them. One concern that attorneys have about flat fees is that the arrangement will encourage client phone calls every minute or leave attorneys holding the bag against a zealous…
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