I’ve always likened the rise of modern day independent practice (call it the Third Wave if you will) to the dotcom era. Before dotcoms, small entrepreneurship wasn’t cool. But the success of little garage companies forced our profession to look at law firm start ups in a different light.
And because law firm start ups…
The impact of solo and small firm practice is far reaching, so much so that in my view, it’s helping women attorneys succeed at biglaw. Don’t believe it? Consider these two stories that ran in today’s news. The first, Deciding to Go It Alone, (San Fernando Valley Business 11/4/06) reports on how more and…
Over at Lex Blog, Kevin O’Keefe posts about some of the negative reaction to his earlier discussion about how younger lawyers are using MySpace for advertising. Seems that some marketing experts don’t find MySpace a sufficiently dignified or suitable marketing tool.
While I find much value in the advice that practice management advisors and…
Dan Hull of What About Clients has rounded up twelve of his past blog posts into a comprehensive Twelve Rules of Client Service. Read it if you want to stay a step ahead of your competitors.
Though Dan’s post addresses client service, it’s actually a great model for great rules for serving your blog…
Robert Denney has an article in this month’s Oct/Nov ’06 issue of Law Practice Management on What’s Cooking for Solos and Small Firms. At least one the trends is kind of old news to me, such as the move towards specialization, though in rural areas, clients seem to want and need the old-fashioned “country…
Allison Shields of Legal Ease has started a series on how to set fees, with these two posts here and here. Shields spends a good deal of time describing how lawyers examine a case up front in detail, so that you can figure out how to assign a fee. And her advice garners compliments…
I guess when you’ve been blogging as long as I have (four years next month), it’s inevitable that someone will criticize aspects of your blog (such as its name, MyShingle) as so last millenium. Which is fine, because while I sometimes blog about solo trends and the coolness factor of solo…
The Maryland State Bar Association is sponsoring its 8th Annual Conference on Hanging A Shingle, November 11, 2006 at the BWI Marriott in Maryland. The Saturday only component of the conference is $145 for non-MBSA members, which includes a full day of panels as well as breakfast and lunch, course materials and access to…
Here’s a story from CNNMoney.com/Fortune Small Business (10/25/06) on how one Portland, Oregon law firm, Ambrose Law Group bolstered its revenues by a whopping 85 percent, after participating in Fortune Small Business’ Money Makeover Program and converting from the billable hour to flat fee arrangements. From the article:
“Flat-fee billing is better for clients and…
One of the legacies of the first conference that I attended over a year ago is that I’m still reading other women’s blogs that I’d have never encountered but for the conference. And it’s through one of those blogs that I learned about a franchise called Dinner My Way where you pay to cook your…
