Operations
Choosing Your Company’s Name: Corporate Names Versus Trademarks
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Sonia Lakhany Choosing a name for your company or law firm can be difficult. I am asked often by fellow attorneys about the difference between a corporate…
Read MoreStarting a Solo Practice on the Cheap: A Guide for the Overhead-Phobic
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Liz Araguás Let me begin by saying that I have no trouble spending money. I have always enjoyed life’s luxuries (to the extent that my meager young…
Read MoreVolunteer Your Way to the Top
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Pamela Williams Kelly I know…I know…I know! If another person tells you to volunteer aka working for free to “get your name out there,” you will just…
Read MoreBreaking the First Commandment of Legal Billing
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Denise Nichols When I started my law practice a few years ago, I was certain that inscribed on some ancient legal manuscript were the words “Thou Shalt…
Read MoreWhy Parental Leave Is Not Like Going to a Katy Perry Concert
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Elizabeth Fenton The legal blogosphere was atwitter recently over a memo circulated by a female associate at a Biglaw firm to some colleagues. No surprise, the memo…
Read MoreGood Help? Is it hard to find?
This post is part of the MyShingle Solos summer series which will run between June 17 and July 3, 2014. This post is written by MyShingle Guest Blogger Wes Bailey The solo legal profession is unlike anything you will encounter in today’s society. No one comes to an attorney’s office without having a problem they…
Read MoreMyShingle Solos
If you read my column over at Above the Law, you might have noticed that I have vacation on the brain. For the next two weeks, I’ll be taking a break from my practice, this blog – and maybe even social media. I know that I’ll be back with lots of new ideas and inspiration…
Read MoreSummer Session: Paid Back Up Writing Gig At MyShingle
I’ll be away from MyShingle from mid-June through July 4 weekend. But I can’t let the blog lie fallow for that long a period. So I’m looking for between one and three writers to help fill the gap while I’m gone. I’m interested in writings on all topics related to solo and small firm practice:…
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