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Big Firm Partners: Not Much More Than Small Time Employees
Big firm partnership. In many legal circles, big firm partnerships are regarded as the brass ring, the peak of the legal mountain. Law students dream of them, young associates sacrifice their personal lives to 80 hour work weeks to vie for them while even federal judges leave the bench for them, succumbing to the temptation…
Read MoreSmall Firm Effort for Tsunami Victims
Matt Homann has issued this challenge to solo and small firm lawyers to collectively raise $100,000 for tsunami victims. Visit the link and see how to help.
Read MoreStill Waiting for My Archives
Our long time readers will recall that our site has been in operation for two years and had working links, deep archives and a nifty On Line Guide to Starting a Law Firm. Unfortunately, we still are not able to make these amenities available yet. Please keep checking back for when MyShingle returns to its…
Read MoreAnother Article on Disatisfaction in the Legal Profession
This article, Web site tells of woes of attorneys (SF Chronicle 1/8/05) reports on the Anonymous Lawyer phenonenom, speculating that the site may “make you feel sorry for lawyers.” The article then goes on to describe the grind of the large law firm, working hard and deferring gratification until the big payoff of partnership: Although…
Read MoreCorporations Looking for Law Firms With Low Cost
Fellow blogger Janell Grenier of Benefitscounsel.com tipped us off to this article, Tech Revolution: Change or Die by Laura Owen, Director of Legal Services for Cisco Corp. Dennis Kennedy and Ernie the Attorney recently posted about this article as well, respectively over here and here. Owen argues that corporations want law firms who “get” technology…
Read MoreCan You Make Money from Handling Workers’ Comp?
This article, Few Lawyers Take on Workers’ Comp Cases, Patrick Springer, The Forum (12/19/04) reports on the difficulty that North Dakota workers are having in finding affordable representation for workers comp cases. According to the article, in 1995, the state amended the works comp system to provide that workers’ attorneys are paid only if they…
Read MoreThe Bigger They Are, The Bigger the Ethics Breaches?
Via Ernie the Attorney, we’ve learned of this news item, Alleged Embezzler Helps Feds Find Cash, Martha Carr, Times Picayune (12/15/04) that follows up on the arrest of former big firm partner Jame Perdigao for embezzling as much as $20 million from his law firm. According to the article, Perdigao’s agreement to help investigators recover…
Read MoreFree Marketing Seminar
I don’t know much about this teleconference seminar scheduled for tomorrow except for the fact that it’s free and geared for solo and small firm lawyers. I’m planning on calling in and will post on what I’ve learned. If you do go to sign up, please indicate that you learned about the conference from MyShingle.…
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