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With my blog’s 18th birthday approaching next week, I’ve often wondered how I’ve stayed relevant after all these years. Despite a clunky-looking site, middling SEO and spotty posting, my traffic remains strong and readers continue to return and subscribe. Yet, I don’t offer many paid programs on building a 7-figure firm in 7 days or…

On June 18, 2020, New York regulators revised an onerous ethics rule that broadly banned law firms from advertising services under trade names. The revised version of Rule 7.5 (available here because the online rules don’t appear to have been updated) allow trade names so long as they are not “deceptive, false or misleading.” The…

I’ve been listening to Barack Obama’s excellent memoir Promised Land which just ten chapters in, has dispelled a number of my misconceptions about Obama’s trajectory to the presidency. Based on Michelle Obama’s equally excellent memoir, Becoming, I’d viewed her husband’s rise as a carefully plotted climb rather than the product of serendipity and sometimes reluctant…

OK, so 2020 hasn’t exactly been a banner year. But look at it this way – things can only get better next year. And one way that you might consider making 2021 better is by making it the year that you start your law firm. I’ve been hosting this webinar annually for a few years…

If you haven’t read it elsewhere, MyShingle along with a few other lawyer mom owners is planning a virtual summit to celebrate and empower lawyer|mom|firm owners. We’re planning some AMAZING and diverse keynote speakers, panels on all the legal issues related to going virtual to how moms are balancing school, kids and work for their…

Just wanted to share that the Power Pacts recording is available here now! I’m still working on supplemental materials which will hopefully be available in another week.

Are you looking for ways to increase your law firm’s revenue stream? Or recently laid off from a law firm or in-house position but not sure that you’re ready to take the leap of opening your own independent firm. Come learn about the power of power pacts – agreements between lawyers that leverage the power…

I’d like to do video interviews with 5-10 solo/small firm lawyers about how you serve clients in pandemic. Hoping to cut some good quality video to make my site look good and to make you look better. Details in the video here.  If you’re interested, fill out the form below: