The Shout-Out Lawyer

(Updated March 15, 2023).  Typically when lawyers are called out by their clients, it’s as some kind of insult or snide remark about fees.  So it was refreshing to see 2023 Oscar winner Ke-Huy Quan give a shout-out to his lawyer (and former co-star) Jeff Cohen. Still, shout-outs are not without precedent.  In an earlier…

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MyShingle.com Releases White Paper on Health Care Reform & Solos!

Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io As part of our launch, MyShingle.com announces the release of a white paper entitled The Health Care Reform Bill: What Solo and Small Firm Attorneys Need to Know (May 2010). Here’s the back story. As most solo and small firm lawyers are aware, procuring health insurance often poses one…

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A Happy Ending to the $50K Question, Should I Solo Now?

In May 2008, I discussed a tantalizing question posed by reader who at the time was employed in a federal clerkship, after having spent two years at biglaw.  He asked  do I go solo now and forfeit the $50,000 clerkship signing bonus from a large firm, or take the leap into solo practice immediately after…

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Shingular Sensation Eugene Lee Vindicates Discharged Doctor With $500,000 Verdict in Employment Discrimination Case Against Kern County

JADWIN v. COUNTY OF KERN, Docket No. 1:07-CV-00026 (ED Calif) may have been Los Angeles, California employment rights solo Eugene Lee’s first jury trial (indeed, his first trial of any kind).  But the $500,000+ verdict that Lee won for his client, Dr. David Jadwin — who’d been terminated from his position in retaliation for bringing…

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