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There’s two new blogs I’ve come across recently that might interest readers.  The first is Innovative Legal Solutions, who’s transitioning to his own practice where he hopes to provide innovative legal solutions and live a full life.  The other is Biglaw Associate, an anonymous disgruntled associate who’s thinking about starting a firm.

At least one small firm lawyer isn’t very impressed by the recent news that first year associate salaries at some firms will increase to $135,000.  In a listserve post, attorney Robert Hughes noted that: Let’s see.  $135,000 per year equals $2600 per week divided by about 90 hours per week equals $28.85 per hour.  What…

While you may never find an ideal time to start a firm, hopefully, you’ll realize when it’s time to stop.  The attorney described in this article, Attorney Loses License Again, Kevin Eigelbach (9/21/05) apparently didn’t so now the bar’s stopped his practice for him.  Attorney Gabbard of Kentucky has been suspended from practice for 21…

I was interviewed last week by a writer from Law Crossing and surprised to see the article appear so quickly in the Law Stars Hall of Fame.   Another benefit of blogging, that’s for sure.

And yet another biglaw attorney downsizes, as reported in this article, Law Firm to Serve Smaller Businesses (Grand Rapids Press, 9/10/05).  According to the piece, Barry Kane, a large firm partner and Vince DeYoung, former attorney for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Harrahs’ have  launched a Michigan law firm that specializes in business counseling, intellectual property…

For all of you home office shinglers, fellow solo Lisa Solomon authored this guest post at Home Office Lawyer entitled “Putting the Office Back in the Home Office.”  Lisa offers a couple of quick tips to professionalize your home office so that you can keep your home-office and home-life separate from each other.

So, the American Bar Association says that it wants us solo and small firm lawyers to consider joining?  If that’s so, it’s going to have to do a far better job of understanding the abilities and needs of solo and small firm attorneys than it has. Consider this article, Solos Lead the Wireless Way, ABA…

Via Tom Mighell at Inter-alia comes a link to weblog that’s been published since March 2005 but is new to me: Wayne Schiess’ Legal Writing.  Wayne’s site offers examples of poor legal drafting, tips on legal writing and a list of articles that he’s written.  What was most interesting to me though was that Wayne’s…