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Solo & Small Law Firms

  • ABOUT
    • CAROLYN ELEFANT
  • TOPICS
    • ANNUALS
    • CLIENT RELATIONS
    • ETHICS & MALPRACTICE
    • FUTURE & TRENDS
    • IDEAS & TIPS
    • INSPIRATION & ENCOURAGEMENT
    • LIFESTYLE
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    • OPERATIONS
    • PARENTS WHO PRACTICE
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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.

Be the Change: Why and How Solo & Small Firm Lawyers Should Testify on Proposed Legislation

As I mentioned in this post, I had the opportunity to testify before the Maryland House Government Operations Committee on proposed bill HB292 which would

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Carolyn Elefant February 9, 2022

Addressing Maryland’s Biased Disciplinary Process Through Data

As management consultant Peter Drucker has been credited with saying, “If you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”  Regardless of attribution, the quote came

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Carolyn Elefant February 7, 2022

Your Greatest Flaws May Be Your Greatest Gift

So many lawyers, myself included, focus on what we do wrong rather than what we get right.  So we’ll hang our head in shame over

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Carolyn Elefant January 12, 2022

MyShingle’s Annual Report for 2021

Dear Readers, As we reach the end of 2021, I wanted to thank all of you for your support of MyShingle and also let you

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Carolyn Elefant December 29, 2021

Nineteen Years After MyShingle Launched, Ownership Is Having a Moment Like No Other

By now, longtime readers know the story of MyShingle.  Back in 2002, I was a 30-something law firm owner hell-bent on spreading the gospel that

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Carolyn Elefant December 9, 2021

A Post Celebrating Thanksgivvukah, Menrukeys and Solos (Reprisal)

This year, the Jewish holiday of Hanukah arrives early on the secular calendar, just a few days on the heels of Thanksgiving.  Which makes this

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Carolyn Elefant November 24, 2021

Hello Divorce, Hello PreNup, Hello New Trademark Infringement Issues?

Last week, consumer-facing legal tech enjoyed a moment in the mainstream sun when HelloPreNup and its founders Sarabeth Jaffe and Julia Rodgers appeared as contestants 

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Carolyn Elefant November 16, 2021

Make Money Monday: Learn To Productize Legal Work by Picking A Law Prof’s Brain for Just $108

If you’ve been practicing law for fifteen years or more, you probably remember when a relatively boilerplate website, sans SEO or copywriting cost $3000 or

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Carolyn Elefant November 15, 2021
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