Can any biglaw associates answer this question for me: why would you write posts for a biglaw blog? Recently, I’ve been checking out some of the biglaw blogs, like Sheppard Mullin’s Antitrust Law Blog, Davis, Wright & Tremaine’s Telecom Law Blog or Preston, Ellis, Gate’s e-Discovery Blog. Though presumably associates write the bulk
January 2006
How Responsive Are You?
In this recent post at More Partner Income, Tom Collins asks whether an attorney who has a one day turn-around to respond to email and phone calls is being responsive. Tom Collins says no, as does Ed Poll. As a practicing attorney, however, I don’t completely agree.
Some days, I might return late…
The Travelling Lawyer
If you’re going solo and can’t afford an office, don’t feel badly. In fact, celebrate – because the lack of an office will enable you to follow in the tradition of Thomas Hall, the subject of this article, He house calls; attorney breaks free from tradition (Journal Times, 1/27/06). As the article describes:
Since starting…
NH Limits on Small Claims Court Won’t Help Lawyers
David Giacalone of f/k/a writes this post about a New Hampshire bill that would reduce the jurisdictional limit in small claims court in New Hampshire from $5000 to $2500. Lest anyone think that this kind of legislation is a lawyers-relief bill in disguise, I can assure you that it is not. A case valued at…
IOLTA Pioneer (and Shingler) With A Killer App
Remember back in the dotcom days, when everyone’s goal was to develop that killer app, a computer program that is so useful that people will invest in a particular machine or hardware simply to run that program? In law, a killer app is harder to come by, yet Henry Zapruder, who died earlier…
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking…At the Keyboard, Not the Yellow Pages
Not sure how many folks remember a tagline for one of the Yellow Pages books – “Let your fingers do the walking….” Seems that our fingers are doing just that, walking right out of the Yellow Pages and over to the computer keyboard. Or at least, that seems to be the trend as first this…
Leaving A Law Firm: More Resources and A Prediction
Adding to this earlier compilation of resources on leaving a firm is this recent article, Practicing Ethics: Soliciting Clients, David Keyko, New York Lawyer (1/27/06). The
article summarizes various New York professional code provisions governing client solicitation, including when lawyers depart a firm.
In researching this issue lately, I consulted fellow blogger Dennis Kennedy’s…
Good and BAD Tips on Making Speaking Opportunities Effective
This article, Speaking Opportunities Need to Be BAD to Be Effective, Julie Meyer (Legal Intelligencer, 1/19/06) starts out promisingly enough, with BAD tips (Before, During and After) on making the most of speaking opportunities. Among other tips, Mayer recommends sending out an invitation or announcement before making your speech and obtaining the list of…
Ohio Bar Won’t Allow Lawyers to Say They Offer Cut Rate Service
Via this post from Allison Shields as LegalEase is a link to this ABA e-report article (1/20/06) on the Ohio Bar’s disiplinary board’s recent ruling that ocupons for free or discounted legal services violate the Ohio Code. The board found that coupons characterize a lawyer’s legal services as “discount” and thus, run afoul of commentary…
Why Do Lawyers Have to Be Forced to Take CLE?
This article, Attorneys’ education is an ongoing process (Business Journal of Phoenix, 1/23/06) reports on Continuing Legal Education (CLE) in Arizona, which has been a required since 1989. The article talks about the importance of CLE and the bar’s flexibility in allowing the requirements satisfied through a variety of differently priced options. But I’d have…