What do you do when a client consistently refuses to take your advice? It’s a knotty problem for many lawyers as to whether they should keep those disagreeing clients and try to bring them around or simply dump them. This article, Feuding Over Vaccines, (Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, November 8, 2005) discusses how
Two Great New Solo Blogs: Qui Custodes and NY MedMal
Just wanted to announce to great new blogs by solos. First up, by my colleague here in the DC are David Kaufman is Qui Custodes, a blog of personal security tips. In his introductory post, David explains the derivation of the blog’s name (roughly meaning "who guards the guardians") and reminds us that
Happy Birthday Solosez
Long before solos were blogging and before it was cool to be solo, a band of ABA solos from the GP Solo Committee had a great idea: why not start an online community. Thus, as Meg Tebo (also a sezzer) reports in A Birthday to Celebrate (11/2005), Bruce Dorner and others joined forces to
A Bad Lawyer, But Why the Gratuitous Comments?
Another article about a really bad solo, Jo-Ellen Wells (Estate Seeks to Disbar Divorce Lawyer), this one out of New Hampshire who took money from several clients and never did the work and in one instance, represented a divorcing wife when the lawyer had already been retained by the husband (though apparently, Wells
Make Your Own Firm Holiday
Since many of us solos may find ourselves working on more less universally observed federal holidays like Columbus Day or Veterans’ Day Solo, Brandi Karl has a great idea to compensate: proclaim your own holiday! Of course, Brandi’s holidays are more productive than observant: she suggests Brainstorming Day (to devote to a certain project),
The Rich Now Prefer the Small
We frequently associate solo and small firm practice as populated with small clients who can’t pay the bills. But that’s not so, at least according to this recent article, Petra Pasternak, NY Lawyer (11/7/05). As the article reports (and not surprisingly), a recent study by Worth Magazine found that wealthy clients are “migrating…to smaller
Lawyers as Resource Hubs: A Fresh Marketing Approach
Usually, those article you read on networking are a lame restatement of the obvious: attend bar functions, pass your card out to everyone you meet or set up lunch dates. What’s even worse with some of these suggestions is that they put lawyers at the mercy of others, who may reject your card or your
Watching out for Clients
Reader Frank Kautz forwarded this great article, Small Firm Life: Friendly Fire (Raymond Dowd New York Lawyer 11/4/05) which begins with this advice to lawyers: “Quit worrying about your adversary coming after you; it’s your client you need to worry about.” Sadly, that’s true. Though there are some pretty bad lawyers (as we’ve just posted
What I Did Today
Well, readers, here’s what I did today to fill my stomach: spent a great fall day at a farm with my girls. 
And since I’m posting pictures, I couldn’t resist including the second photo of my other girl, our deaf and shorn 
Old English Sheepdog puppy Francesca aka Frisky.
Disbarred Lawyer Fights Back
We always read those scary stories about lawyers getting suspended or disbarred. Did you ever wonder what happens to them? This article, Lawyer Fights Back from Disbarment, NYT (10/30/2005) reports on former solo David Dean who 15 years ago was earning seven figure income as a successful plaintiffs’ attorney. But when Dean got tied