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A Critical Thanksgiving for Solos and Smalls
This Thanksgiving, for the first time in years, I am thankful to be a small firm lawyer. On the cusp of a new administration where civil liberties may be eviscerated and private property rights may fall victim to private infrastructure development , as a lawyer, I have the skills to fight the erosion of these…
Read More[Sponsored] Practice Management Software You Can Seamlessly Integrate Into Your Firm
In the practice of law, time is money. Ask any lawyer what he or she looks for most in legal technology, and the answer will immediately be efficiency. Having everything you need in one place, without having to switch platforms, is not simply a convenience, it’s a necessity. That’s why practice management tools were invented.…
Read More[Sponsored] In The Land Of Legal Make-Believe
In a far off land of legal make-believe where lines of clients wait eagerly. Where solo attorneys can choose their faves and happy clients give them all the raves. Where cases won tally up to the sky and notoriety is at an all time high. Our solo attorney’s expertise is unrivaled in her chosen niche…
Read MoreShould You Buy A Law Practice?
Though sales of medical and dental practices are fairly common, as are buy-ins (such as a biglaw attorney purchasing a partnership stake in a firm), many state regulators prohibited lawyers from selling a law practice. In 1990, the quick-moving (ha!) ABA finally moved itself to action , with the adoption of Model Rule 1.17 that permits…
Read MoreWhy I’m Not Fighting Fisher Broyles on the Law Firm 2.0 Service Mark: Because Why Be A 2.0 Firm in a 3.0 World?
So last week, I received my first ever cease and desist letter. This one came from FisherBroyles, an Atlanta-based law firm, ordering my law firm (erroneously referred to as “CE” in the letter) to “cease and desist from any further willful and unauthorized use of the mark “LAW FIRM 2.0.” Fisher Broyles attached a screenshot from…
Read MoreRocket Retainers & Power Pacts – Recordings Available Now!
Thanks to those who attended Rocket Retainers & Power Pacts. Maybe it’s just that it’s summer, but it didn’t attract as large an audience as I would have liked. And so, if you’d like to listen to yesterday’s webinar, click here: http://www.anymeeting.com/carolynelefant/E953D784854E3C For now, there are no more pre-sales of the product. Those who already…
Read MoreSolo Law Side Gigs: Political Cybersquatting and Cartooning
With a first place win in a Thanksgiving pie-eating contest , authorship of the Urban Dictionary definition of legitimate rape (and a profile at Above the Law ), a post as a web comic responsible for the Hillary Potter series and ownership of the ClintonKaine.com web domain (purchased back in 2011 for $7.67), you could…
Read MoreSolos and Smalls Snagging More Big Clients: Here’s Why
Crains reports that increasingly, tiny law firms are winning work from Fortune 500 companies that previously went to big firm competitors. The reasons are what you’d expect – first and foremost, companies get better value by hiring a $325/hour experienced small law partner to handle routine work rather than a similarly priced big law associate…
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