Operations

 This morning, I’ll take a seat in the front row in a place where I can’t look back.   I’ve occupied the front row dozens of times over the course of my career, at trials, hearings and appellate arguments – but today is different.  Because today, it’s not a client but my daughter who occupies…

On the surface, this article about Lawyers.com‘s upcoming television ad campaign, which is intended to attract more consumers to its site, seems like nothing more than business as usual in a down economy.  But there’s far more to it than that.   The Lawyers.com television strategy is both a reminder of lost opportunity by Reed-Elsevier (parent company to Lawyers.com and Lexis-Nexis) to gain footing…

 Here’s a round up of free or low cost events or ideas for solo and small lawyers: 1.  Ari Kaplan is offering a free webinar TOMORROW, Thursday 10/29 from 1 – 1:30 called "5 Easy Ways to Create Opportunity in a Down Economy."  You can register here. 2.  If you’re in the New York area, on November…

With the economy still floundering, foreclosure lawyers remain in demand.  In fact, according to  Time Magazine, eighty six percent of foreclosure defendants go unrepresented.  Yet as far as I can tell, few solo and small firm lawyers are fully exploring this promising practice area.   Below the jump, I discuss some of the barriers to entry…

These days, working from home is all the rage, glamorized by successful lawyers like Chuck Newton at Third Wave Law Blog or Jay Fleischman at Untethered Lawyer, who through writing and by personal example make a compelling case for the virtues of virtual law practice.  I don’t disagree, either – there’s much to be said…

Today, one of my lawyer buddies, Bob Kraft of Kraft & Associates announced on one of our mutual listserves that today marks his firm’s thirtieth anniversary.  Bob could have boasted about how he’s grown his firm from a solo practice to a larger practice of around seven lawyers and more staff or how he’s kept…

A few weeks back, someone on one of my listserves inquired about a new site for solos, Go Solo Esq.com, which bills itself as a "virtual law office center for solos."  Apparently tossed up in an effort to capitalize on the number of attorneys now considering solo practice in a weak job market, the site…

Are there cases that you’d avid to handle but your client can’t pay your fees?  Before you send the client packing, consider whether there are ways to cover the costs of the case. I’m not talking about litigation finance companies which can fund personal injury matters but come with their own set of perils.  However,…