Are you a biglaw expatriate who’s just started a law firm or been running one for years? Either way, this article on law firm alumni programs, Nixon Peabody Starts Alumni Program, Business Review (5/16/05) may interest you. The article reports on Nixon Peabody’s alumni program, comprised of 500 former firm attorneys who now work
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Ways to Make Sure You Get Paid
As this article, Getting Paid, Not Played (Meg Tebo, ABA Journal, 5/19/05) begins, “Getting stiffed is almost like a rite of passage of solo practice.” This article offers a couple of ideas from practitioners to avoid this rite, such as customizing and revising a retainer agreement to facilitate client payments, giving upfront estimates and collecting…
Why Sponsorship on Lawyers.com Is Not Worth $900/Month
Apparently, LexisNexis-Martindale haven’t heard of the Internet. Because if they had, they wouldn’t be hoping to trade in on their name-recognition to lawyers and charge $900 a month for a national sponsorship service available on their lawyers.com data base as reported here in Lawyers.com Courts Legal Marketers, ClickZ News (5/17/05). The article reports that:LexisNexis…
What’s Wrong With Linking to News Articles About Ethics Violations?
This article, Lawyer vs. Lawyer Over Web Site, ABA e-report (5/13/05) reports on a lawsuit by one New York personal injury law firm where the firm Moran & Kufta of Rochester posted a headline with a hyperlink on its Web site that told readers that Cellino & Barnes, with offices in Buffalo and Rochester,…
Top Ten for Marketing – and Other Unique Ideas
This article, The Lesson is to Network, Business Week (5/13/05) is geared for small businesses generally and not solos specifically, but the ideas are equally applicable. Here are two of my favorite suggestions from Nancy Michaels in this interview-style article:
Q: What are some marketing essentials?
A: If you can only have two things…
Get Yourself Some Visibility -With A Bicycle
Greatest American Lawyer has another great law practice idea: using a bike to get around town for lunch meetings and errands. Not only does a bike add some exercise to our otherwise sedentary days, but as GAL rights, it’s a way to gain visibility and stand out from the crowd.
GAL’s post is also an…
New MyShingle – still some glitches
Some readers have been reporting some glitches in viewing MyShingle – either the site does not render correctly or has two top bars in certain browsers. Try clearing cache and/or cookies and view again. If it’s still not working, send me an email or comments below with a description of the problem and the browser…
MyShingle FINALLY Gets A Facelift
Well readers, the day is finally here: The facelift for MyShingle.com is finally complete. Readers can finally access our OnLine Guide and pre-November 2004 archives (menu, upper left column), enjoy reading stories without endlessly scrolling through long narrow columns and navigate a page that’s fresh looking and properly aligned. Todd Chatman (a law student who…
Calling All Solos With Websites and Blogs
In honor of MyShingle’s grand redesign, we want to create a separate blogroll of solo and small firm websites and weblogs. If you’re a solo or small firm blogger or have a website, send your link to me and I’ll post it in my "Other Shingler’s List." I’m hoping the list will serve the dual…
Redesign in Progress
If you are noticing some strange looking things at MyShingle.com, as well as a slowdown in posts, it’s because a redesign is underway. We should be fully launched within the next 24 hours so please come back soon……