Operations

Last month over at Attorney at Work, practice management consultant Peggy Gruenke shared her Mini-Checklist for Trust Account Management. Gruenke’s list is an exhaustive compilation of the do’s and don’ts and best practices for trust account management and therein lies the problem. Because in a digital age when most firms accept electronic payments and credit…

Marketing god Seth Godin recently urged his audience to take up the challenge of doing what’s hard: In an industrial setting, the obvious plan is to seek out the easy work. You’re more likely to get it done with less effort and then move on[…] Today, though, it’s the difficult work that’s worth doing. It’s…

For the first time in a very long time, I went a full week without posting at MyShingle. Needless to say, last week was busy – but here are some of the highlights: I had my fifteen seconds of fame (quite literally) in this appearance on The Daily Show, which grew out of this pun-filled…

This isn’t an April Fools’ joke. You may have noticed my blog posts have become more sporadic. Part of the slow down relates to my schedule – just plain busy. But I’m also having more difficulty coming up with original content relevant to solos and smalls. So if there are any topics you’d like me…

Last month, several media outlets reported on the growing backlash against employers who violate labor law rules for unpaid internships. Since I’d previously spoken out against use of free labor by solos and smalls from both an ethical and legal perspective, I decided to do a little sleuthing to see whether firms had changed their…

For the third year running, my friend and co-author, Nicole Black and I are hosting a Wine & Dine Offline at ABA Techshow. Techshow is always so busy – and even though I am not presenting, I try to cover the show for readers, catch up with my blog’s sponsors and identify others. So our…

Many lawyers starting a practice opt for virtual office space  — basically, a physical location that provides various amenities such as a mailing address and forwarding, a few hours of office or conference room space and/or receptionist of answering services.  For lawyers with limited resources or who prefer to work from home, virtual space, in…

With a little more than six years of practice under his belt, Maine-based lawyer Paul Greene is still relatively new to the practice of law. Yet he’s at no risk of displacement by online platforms.  Instead, Greene  — a former sportscaster — left a larger firm to launch his own shop, Global Sports Advocates, reports…