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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.

To Trust or Not To Trust: What to Do With Flat Fees? (Part I)

 Some lawyers refuse to experiment with flat fee billing – not because of confusion over how to set prices or concerns over under-charging — but

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Carolyn Elefant September 6, 2022

Make Money Mondays: Three Ways Lawyers CanTake to Tik Tok Without a Single Video

Back in May 2022, I posted about how solo and small lawyers are using TikTok to share their legal knowledge, opinions and a behind-the-scenes look

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Carolyn Elefant September 5, 2022

Web 3.0 + Lawyer Engagement Agreements – Part II – Accepting Cryptocurrency and NFTs as Payment for Legal Fees

Part I of this post on Web 3.0 + Engagement Agreements discussed considerations for representing DAOs in lawyer engagement agreements. Here in Part II, we’ll

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Carolyn Elefant September 2, 2022

Web 3.0 + Lawyer Engagement Agreements -Part I – Representing a DAO

Ready or not, Web 3.0 is going mainstream.  According to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Blockchain and Web3 published in July 2022, wider consumer and

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Carolyn Elefant September 2, 2022

Sidehustles for Lawyers:  How To Achieve Your Dream on Your Schedule Legally and Ethically

As you’ve probably heard a million times already, we’re living in the age of the Great Reassessment where employees are rethinking their priorities and leaving

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Carolyn Elefant June 7, 2022

“Hotel California” Law Firm Charged With Ethics Violations for Making It Impossible for Lawyers to Leave

“Relax, ” said the night man “We are programmed to receive” “You can check-out any time you like” “But you can never leave!” –Hotel California,

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Carolyn Elefant June 3, 2022

Mom-Owned Law Series: Frances Shefter, Rockville, Maryland Education Law Attorney

Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms.  This profile features Frances Shefter, an education law attorney in Rockville, Maryland.  What is your name?  Frances

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Carolyn Elefant May 25, 2022

Run Solo Run: Profile of David Levesque, Candidate for Maine State Senate District 13

 Welcome to the MyShingle profile series, Run Solo Run where we feature solo and small law firm owners running for office. Today, we’re pleased to

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Carolyn Elefant May 19, 2022
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