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.