Fellow blogger Allison Shields of Legalease Consulting wrote this article in this month’s ABA Law Practice Management magazine on ten ways to get motivated. Suffice it to say that the article worked well enough to get me to put up this post!
2006
Vote For Me, DC Bar Members
I probably should not use my weblog this way, but as owner, I will take license to announce that I am a candidate for the DC Bar’s Law Practice Management Steering Committee. Please vote for me if you are a member of the DC Bar. I already have three blockbuster programs that I have…
Is Conflicting Other Attorneys Out of A Case Unethical?
New Jersey law blog has this post about a New Jersey ethics decision on "lawyer shopping." As the post describes, lawyer shopping is a practice whereby a client (most frequently, a divorce client) will visit and interview several prospective attorneys for the exclusive purpose of potentially conflicting them from representing the spouse in litigation. The…
More on Metadata
Evan Schaeffer has these comments on the Florida Bar’s Ethics Committee proposed advisory opinion on metadata. The opinion instructs attorneys to safeguard metadata in documents, but at the same time, directs lawyers who receive documents not to view metadata if not intended for them. Evan wonders why Florida doesn’t put the onus on the transmitting…
You Deserve to Be A Happy Lawyer
Maybe, we can’t all be as happy as this lawyer. But we shouldn’t give up on finding happiness in our profession and this week, a couple of bloggers have some suggestions on how to make that happen. First up, Dave Swanner offers a post, Do You Enjoy Practicing Law? where he gives som ideas on…
Huge News for Solos: Wanna Be Bought Out By Skadden? Now you can!
Last week, Larry Bodine posted here on a New Jersey ethics ruling that allows a law firm to own another law firm as a wholly-owned subsidiary. I haven’t had time to read the decision closely or focus on the implications, which I believe are mixed, but here is Larry’s view on what the decision could…
Isn’t This A Great Compliment?
Dan Hull highlights this great compliment from a client that came to him via Patrick Lamb. “We don’t have their phone number, we have their DNA” is the compliment. Though some of use might prefer a hefty monetary bonus for excellent service, let’s not forget that this kind of endorsement (particularly one making its…
Please Don’t Call This Pro Bono
Why is it that when small firm attorneys represent court appointed indigents at rates equivalent to one third of market that the work is not classified as “pro bono,” but when a large firm takes a bath on fees for representing the former governor of Illinois, an ABA committee chair recognizes that as pro bono?…
Free Technology For Louisiana Lawyers
Eight months after Hurricane Katrina, the legal community remains affected by these types of impacts. But lawyers have not forgotten their Louisiana colleagues. Efforts include those by the Indiana Bar , which held its spring getaway meeting in New Orleans and this free technology assistance offered by several bar associations to assist Louisiana attorneys…
What Do Romance Novelists and New Lawyers and Bloggers Have in Common?
What do romance novelists and new solo lawyers and bloggers have in common? All have within them the potential to catapult to success as the result of Internet technology. Whereas back in the mid-1990s, the Internet and the dotcom boom turned many ordinary folks into gazillionaires in unbelievably short periods of time, today the Internet…