This past weekend, I ran my seventh consecutive Race for Hope which raises funds for brain cancer research – a cause close to my heart. The race is only five kilometers, a distance that I’ve…
In the past four years, the social media platform TikTok grew exponentially, now boasting a billion users a month averaging 850 minutes on the app. Interesting data, but should lawyers be using Tiktok? You might…
Post update 4/21/2021 based on comment from Will Hornsby noting that all trade name bans have been or are in the process of being eliminated. LegalZoom. HelloDivorce. HelloPreNup. One reason that we as lawyers know…
Fifteen years ago, I was one of the first handful of forward-looking lawyers to embrace the Internet as a tool for marketing a solo or small firm practice. For starters, robust websites, blogs and social…
Back in 2018, I reviewed Briefcatch, a supercool word add-on editing tool invented by legal writing guru Ross Guberman that that makes intelligent proofing and style suggestions and assigns a grade to your writing. While…
So. Are you interested in starting your own law firm, but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you went a little further and registered for a CLE on starting a firm only to…
If you’ve read my stuff, you know I’m not a fan of a formal business plan as a prerequisite to starting a law firm. For starters, in today’s fast changing world, a business plan can…