Over at The WSJ Law Blog, there’s a nice profile of Richard Diaz, the Florida solo who represents Michael Williams, a defendant who is challenging the constitutionality of a federal child-pornography statute in United States v. Williams. Last week, Diaz argued the case before the Supreme Court.
But despite his moment of glory…
Here’s a story about Maria Celebi, a U.S. immigration lawyer with an interesting niche: she works outside of the country. After ten years of immigration practice in the United States, Celebi, along with her husband and two young children, moved to Turkey after an economic downturn in Silicon Valley.
Celebi’s husband used the move to…
I knew that many law schools and bar associations were developing programs to help women who’ve left the law re-enter the profession. But have to admit that until I read this New York Times story (hat tip to Lisa Solomon), I had no idea how much these programs cost – as much as $9000.…
Nader Anise has just put out a “save the date” for his upcoming, annual “Lawyer Appreciation” free teleseminar. The seminar is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15 from 12:30 pm to around 2:00 pm EASTERN, with 800 lawyers expected to call in. This year’s topic is “Making it BIG as a high-profile, celebrity lawyer,” and there’s…
Do you have a neat idea for a unique kind of law firm that breaks precedent? Or perhaps, like many of my solo lawyer friends, The Billable Hour here or here, you’ve come up with a non-legal side business. If so, then surf on over to Anita Campbell’sSmall Business Trends to learn about…
Here’s an article from the ABA Journal entitled Billing by the Slice, which offers some alternative billing ideas by and for solos. With “billing by the slice,” lawyers bill for a case in stages – a practice used by Ted Waggoner of Rochester Indiana. From the article, Waggoner describes that:
he might tell a…
It’s the perennial question for lawyers starting a law firm – what do you call yourself? As I wrote here over two years ago, Enrico Schaefer maintains that the term “solo” is inaccurate. And more recently, the topic has been discussed on Solosez. As for me, I’ve always regarded the term “solo” as a…
Over at Escape from Cubicle Nation, Pam Slim suggests that you bring your kid to your start up day. The point of the Slim’s post is that by showing our children and others what we do, we lay the seeds for potential entrepreneurship.
I’ve always adopted Slim’s approach, more by necessity than choice.…
One of the benefits of running your own firm is that you don’t have a committee forcing you to retire. Perhaps that’s why some of the oldest practicing lawyers are those who work for themselves. Today, Bob Ambrogi, my co-blogger at Legal Blog Watch posted here about Reuben Landeau, a Boston lawyer who just passed…
It’s not often that solo and small firm lawyers get a mention at Above the Law, a terrific site that focuses primarily on biglaw and celebrity lawyer gossip. So I was disappointed to see that when solos finally do get a shout out, it’s to this list of marketing tips that makes us look…
