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Lawyer Can’t Work on The Cheap Even If He Wants To
You’ve got to applaud Austin, Texas based lawyer, Lee DiFilippo. Whereas many attorneys with experience in corporate transactions, not to mention a CPA degree in their back pocket might focus on representing Fortune 500 companies or sexy business start-ups, DiFilippo set out to assist moderate income folks in the state of Texas obtain access to…
Read MoreF-UBERs and the Future of Law
As I’ve discussed before, my personal experience with Uber has been mixed. No doubt, due to Uber, DC taxis have stepped up their game and these days, I can typically catch a cab more quickly than waiting for Uber to arrive and pay by credit card to boot. Yet my perspective doesn’t matter because I’m…
Read MoreMyShingle Turns Twelve.
Twelve years and a couple of hours ago, I launched MyShingle.com, determined to create a site that would support and celebrate solo and small firm lawyers . Since then, so much has changed within the legal profession and for me personally. Just to take one example, the Yellow Pages are no longer the preferred form…
Read MoreFuture Fridays: Hey, ABA – Why Do Solos and Smalls Bear the Burden of Access to Justice?
Four years on the heels of its Ethics 20/20 Initiative, the ABA is once again trying to make itself relevant. This time around, the ABA has established a Commission on the Future of Legal Services , with a goal of inspiring innovation and leveraging technology to expand access to justice. And guess who’s expected to…
Read MoreA Legal Tech Tool That Is Actually Very Cool – But Does It Break Ethics Rules?
To date, much of what’s been characterized as legal disruption hasn’t impressed me as much more than a souped-up, techno-powered version of what’s been tried before and failed. Still, I’m no curmudgeon and every so often, I find myself excited about the possibility of tiny law applications like Shake Legal – an app to create…
Read MoreStart a NonProfit Law Firm
A few months back at my beat at Above the Law, I posed this question: Why Do Low Bono Work When You Can Start Your Own Non-Profit?. After all, if new lawyers are going to be offering discount rates, they might as well run the show and gain the advantage of being the boss, plus…
Read MoreWant to Lower the Cost of Legal Services? Let’s Ditch Trust Accounts.
Last month over at Attorney at Work, practice management consultant Peggy Gruenke shared her Mini-Checklist for Trust Account Management. Gruenke’s list is an exhaustive compilation of the do’s and don’ts and best practices for trust account management and therein lies the problem. Because in a digital age when most firms accept electronic payments and credit…
Read MoreLessons for Small Firms From Mom-and-Pop Retailers on How to Beat Big Competitors
Last week, I wrote about how the rise of large health networks in the medical profession is making it harder for independent doctors to compete – and pondered whether solos and smalls might face the same fate potentially from the growth of branded lawyer networks. Of course, that’s not the only source of competition for…
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