Tips to Make the Most of Your Bar Dues

The December issue of Law Practice Today is out, and it’s focus is very timely for the holiday season. It’s on making personal connections which, after all, are the basis on which practicing lawyers get most of their good business.
I highly recommend Erik Mazzone’s article Ten Tips for Making Your Bar Association Dues Work [...]

Friday Reading: Don Draper’s Guide to Being a Better Lawyer

I try to make time every Friday to catch up on all the things that I’ve piled up, both literally and virtually, to read when I have a chance.  As I began sifting through some of it this morning, I thought it might be fun to share what I think is the most insightful, most [...]

A Useful Book, and Masterful Legal Marketing, Too

I am frequently asked by new lawyers for a list of books that I think they should acquire as they set up their practices. A new book, the Alabama Appellate Practice Guide by Ed R. Haden, Chair of Balch & Bingham, LLC’s Appellate Focus Team, came across my desk this week, and I’ve added [...]

Why Should You Care…?

… that I ordered contact lenses from Amazon last week? Because it could be a reflection of what’s wrong with your law practice.
Long story short, I’ve been using the same eye care firm for over 20 years, and buying my contact lenses from them the whole time.  This costs a little more than getting [...]

Where the Work Is

While we haven’t experienced the number of lawyer lawoffs that other areas of the country with much bigger firms have (see: LawShucks Layoff Tracker), as the recession drags on, more and more solo and small firm lawyers are seeing a reduction in the number of clients who are calling and matters or transactions they are [...]

File this one under “Doh!” Sincere Thanks is the Most Rewarding Gift

A recent press release about a poll conducted by Ipsos for Citi’s Thank You Network reveals that 95% of Americans stated they feel “really good when others thank me for something I have done or accomplished.” Well, duh! All of us know this but very few law firms take advantage of it. [...]

Fraud Alert! Georgia Lawyer Caught in Trust Account Scam

The globalization of business has provided many opportunities for lawyers in Alabama to use an Internet web site to attract potential business clients from around the world. Unfortunately, globalization has also opened many lawyers up to the possibility of being caught in an attorney trust account scam that’s making its way across North [...]

Are your current clients your first priority?

I recently switched from one high-speed cable internet service to another at home. (I know, this sounds like the beginning of a rant, but please stay with me. I think the point of the story will be worth it.)
The new service costs a little more, and the connection speed is only marginally better than before. [...]

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Every day I talk to lawyers who are either making plans to leave an established firm and strike out on their own or have already done so. And I continue to be surprised that almost none of them have thought much beyond acquiring space and appropriate furnishings and equipment to set up shop. [...]