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Carolyn Elefant

Carolyn Elefant

Carolyn Elefant owns the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant. She launched MyShingle.com in 2002. It was the very first blog for and about solo and small law firms, and part of the first generation of 100 lawyer blogs to come online.  To date, MyShingle.com remains the most comprehensive online resource for solo and small firm lawyers with thousands of blog posts and an impressive stock of free e-books, checklists and forms on starting and running a law firm. Carolyn is also the author of Solo by Choice: How to Start a Law Firm and Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be.  Carolyn has co-authored the ABA Publication “Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier" and "The Legal ClauseIt: Plug & Play Engagement Agreements and Power Pacts for Small Law Firms" Carolyn has been listed as an Energy and Environmental Super Lawyer for Washington D.C. since 2012 (the only small firm lawyer on a list of AmLaw 200 firms), was named an ABA Legal Rebel (2010), a Fastcase 50 Innovator (2011) and an ABA Woman of Legal Tech (2014) and appeared on the Daily Show in 2014 to discuss law firm business models.  In 2019, Carolyn delivered a talk at the prestigious 2CivilityConference entitled Killing Solo Softly: How Regulations Disadvantage Solo & Small Firm Lawyers.

FAQs on Chat GPT for Solo and Small Law Firms

In the three months since ChatGPT’s November 30, 2022 release, inaccuracies about the product have been swarming throughout the solo and small law firm community.

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Carolyn Elefant March 17, 2023

Protecting Client Trust Accounts When Banks Collapse

As if lawyers didn’t already have enough to worry about when it comes to protecting client trust accounts, add bank solvency to the list.  As

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Carolyn Elefant March 14, 2023

Disability and Legal Tech Design

[This post gives an overview of the #ABATECHSHOW 2023 presentation Accessibility in Legal Tech by attorneys Haley Moss and Lisa Mueller, based on a summary

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Carolyn Elefant March 13, 2023

Advice on Flat Fee Billing from Two Lawyers Who Do It

This article summarizes key takeaways from the #ABATECHSHOW presentation “Flat Fees: the F Word You’ll Learn to Love” by flat fee pros Regina Edwards and

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Carolyn Elefant March 13, 2023

Tax Strategies for Solos & Smalls in a Digital and Web 3.0 World

This is a summary of the #ABATECHSHOW 2023 Presentation by tax attorney Jamie Szal and CPA T. Jayden Doye on  Tax Strategies for Solos &

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Carolyn Elefant March 10, 2023

Starting a Law Firm: Streamline the Client Lifecycle

This article is a summary of the #ABATECHSHOW 2023 Presentation by Sofia Lingos entitled Automating the Transactional Client Lifecycle, based on notes by Riz Ali,

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Carolyn Elefant March 10, 2023

How to Start a Law Firm: Hybrid Practice Is Possible

This article is a summary of the #ABATECHSHOW 2023 Presentation by Nicole Black and John Burnett entitled Creating a Successful & Ethical Remote Hybrid Firm

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Carolyn Elefant March 10, 2023

New Stuff Coming – Stay Tuned

Hey MyShingle Readers – As you may have noticed, I’ve taken a little bit of a posting break.  After 20 years, it’s time for me

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Carolyn Elefant February 22, 2023
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