At first blush, this letter to the editor criticizing the Duxbury school board for considering the possibility of replacing its current law firm with a one-person “cut rate” shop seems discouraging for most solos who compete with the big boys. Among other things, the writer expresses concern about the solo’s cut rates, noting that “you
Will I See you At the LA Solo/Small Firm Conference?
Postings will be light the rest of the week as I head out to the Los Angeles Bar Smalll and Solo Law Conference as well as the ALM West Coast Legal Tech Show. As always, leaving town when your spouse works in another city and you need to find care for your kids is
Continuing the Conversation on the YAWNing Solo
You know how it is with yawns, don’t you? When one person yawns at you, it’s difficult to resist yawning back. So now that my fellow solo-blogging colleague Susan Cartier Liebel has yawned, or more accurately, alerted us to the trend of “young and wealthy normals,” I’m compelled to yawn back (by the way,
Introducing Lawagora – A Marketplace of Events for Lawyers
I’ve just completed a new project that I’m rolling out tonight…Lawagora.ning.com – a marketplace of events for and by lawyers. In the past few months, I’ve realized how many quality events, on and offline are available for lawyers – yet we often never hear about them because the publicity is either ad hoc, or
Getting A Start as A Personal Injury Lawyer
Many readers of this blog and my book, Solo by Choice frequently ask for advice on how to get a personal injury practice up and running. My fellow blogger and colleague here in the Maryland area, Ron Miller explains how lawyers can build a referral based personal injury practice in this comprehensive post at Maryland
A Blast from The Past: How Even A Decision That’s Dead Wrong Can Be Right On
When it comes to starting a firm, fear poses one of the greatest obstacles. Fear of failure, fear of lost opportunity, fear of embarrassment or cricitism for having made what appears to others as a foolish decision. My able colleagues in the Solo Space, Susan Cartier Liebel and Sheryl Sisk Schelin have shared words of
Loose Ends Round Up
Here’s a quick round up of links that may hold some interest for readers:
William Henderson of the Empirical Legal Studies Blog shares some trends that may impact solo and small firm practitioners (in particular, the declining number of trials) and tips his hat to solo and small firm lawyers for the good work they
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If It Sounds Too Good To Be True….
For Robyn Glassman-Katz, the gig with lemon law firm, Kimmel and Silverman must have seemed like nirvana; an opportunity for a lawyer with limited consumer law experience to run a branch office of a nationally known law firm. Likewise, Kimmel and Silverman must have believed that it hit the jackpot when it found Glassman-Katz, a
No More Pettifoggers – Real Life Marketing Lessons from Cornell Law School
I apologize for the down time over the past few days – my home office lost power for a couple of days and I needed to prioritize work related matters with the limited Internet access and power that that I was able to find offsite. Right now, I’m up in Ithaca, New York at my