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When I started this blog, to read the mainstream legal media, you'd have thought that solos were the only lawyers to ever miss deadlines, violate ethics rules or commit malpractice. But I've always believed that all lawyers, from those at ginormous firms to those who practice alone, are all ...
Five years ago, I launched MyShingle.com with this Welcome Message, proclaiming my vision. Here's an excerpt:
What we'd like to convey here in this welcome message is ...
AP is reporting here on a recent study by Pew Internet and American Life Project that found that 47 percent of US adult internet users have searched for information about themselves through Google or some other search engine. That's double the percentage ...
Many of us who decide to start a law firm do so to gain autonmy and take charge of our careers; to "own, not loan" our talent. So it's no wonder that so many solo and small firm lawyers have an affinity towards blogging, which is just as empowering ...
Arnie Herz at Legal Sanity offers a great tip, echoed by What About Clients: reconnect with your business network so that you can continue to nurture and reinforce the trusted relationships that produce not ...
Under legal ethics principles, a clients' right to the attorney of their choosing trumps even the economic interest of the firm representing the client. For that reason, firms cannot force lawyers to enter into non-compete agreements or impose onerous restrictions that would prevent a client from following a departing ...
When I'm asked to list the resources that have helped improve my competency as a lawyer, I'd place blogs and listserves high on the list. In particular, the guidance that I've received from that mother-of-all-solo-listserves, Solosez has helped me tackle issues far more effectively than I ...
With billing fraud rampant at major law firms, guess who the Illinois disciplinary committee decided to prosecute? Was it the the partners at a
Chicago office of a national firm, whose own colleague shined a light on overbilling? Nah - that's ...
So, guess who won the Wall Street Journal Law Blog's Lawyer of the Year contest? No, it wasn't Alberto Gonzales (the ABA's first choice , until it changed its mind, or Clarence Thomas or even the overly litigious Roy Pearson ...
Here's a quick round up of some opportunities for solo and small firm lawyers.
Check out Susan Cartier-Liebel's contest, So You Want to Fly Solo. The contest, which is open to all lawyers - "newly minted or well seasoned," and current and/or wannabe solos, ...