Profiles

Name: Dan Lear Current Position, company and what your company does. I am currently the Director of Industry Relations at Avvo. Avvo connects people to the quality legal help they deserve through industry-leading tools and services, including a free Q&A forum, a comprehensive lawyer directory, and fixed-fee services offered by local lawyers. Prior to your…

If you’ve been around the blogosphere as long as I have, you can’t help but recognize Ernie Svenson (or “Ernie the Attorney” as he is belovedly known in blogging circles.) Ernie must have been one of the very first law bloggers, launching his eponymous blog on a product now so old that I’m not sure…

Editor’s Note: It’s one thing to leave a biglaw firm for solo practice – that kind of thing happens all the time. But what happens if the firm that you leave is one that you built yourself? That decision can be much tougher – but as this week’s guest poster  Randall F. Rogers shares, it…

When most of us think about solo or small firm law practice, what most frequently comes to mind is a firm with a local or regional scope that services clients within a particular city or maybe in a couple of counties or statewide. And while most of us are familiar with at least a couple of solos with…

This week’s solo profile and Shingular Sensation is Mitra Nejat, an Orange County immigration attorney who came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s as a teen, started law school later in life and built a thriving immigration law practice. I love Mitra’s inspiring personal story because it’s a reminder of the great…