We hear plenty of talk about the demise of the billable hour, but little substantive discussion about what method ought to replace it. Sure, there’s mention of alternatives like flat fee billing, hybrids and “value billing,” you don’t always find much “there there.” Plus, many non-lawyer advocates of value billing fail to account for our
New Ideas for Business Cards
Over at my roost at Legal Blogwatch, I posted about ways that lawyers — including solo and blogger, Ernie the Attorney are rethinking the concept of business cards. As Ernie points out, these days, it’s not hard (or at least it shouldn’t be hard) to find a lawyer’s website by running a Google name
Thank You to the MANY Voices of Solo Practice Who Serve Clients and Improve Our Profession
I’m still blushing after all of the compliments and good wishes from my fellow bloggers who linked to this article about my practice and my book, Solo by Choice. And I won’t deny that I enjoyed the attention (as well as the resulting book sales). But I need to clarify — I don’t want
Do My Readers Want Form[s] Over Substance?
In reviewing my blog’s stats since I’ve moved to a Lexblog platform, I’ve noticed that Soloformania is consistently, one of my site’s top traffic draws. Most visitors come to the Soloformania page through Internet searches for terms like “sample client engagement letters” or “free client interview checklists.” Apparently, there’s a substantial need for easy access
More News on Solo by Choice
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Here’s a quick update on my book, Solo by Choice. First, a huge public thank you to all of the bloggers and writers for online publications who have reviewed the book and helped get the word out to others. I realize that reviewing a 300 page book is a daunting task, so I’m grateful to
ABA TechShow – Technolawyer Summary of My Panel, Technology for the StartUp
Even if you missed the ABA TechShow 2008, you can find a terrific series of extremely comprehensive summaries of various panels here, courtesy of the Technolawyer Trade Show Reports, authored by Technolawyer’s intrepid reporter, Mazyar "Crazy Mazy" Hedayat. On Friday,
Mazyar posted his detailed report on Beating the Startup Blues: A Tech
From Little Shingles, Big Law Firms Grow
Everyone starts somewhere, law firms included. Consider this story from Forbes about Jere Beasley, one of the nation’s most successful personal injury lawyer who’s secured multimillion dollar settlements and verdicts against some of the largest corporations in the country. According to the story, Beasley started a solo practice because he couldn’t find a job.
ABA Tech Show 2008 – How Technology Is Redefining the Attorney Client Relationship
The most important thing that I took away from the ABA Tech Show doesn’t have anything to do with a gee-whiz gadget or gizmo that will increase productivity or help lawyers work less and earn more. Instead, what I want to share are some of the trends that have taken hold of the profession and
It’s Easy Being Green…If You’re A Solo
What do large law firms have in common with Sesame Street’s Kermit the Frog? For both, it’s not easy being green. Take a look at the hoops that mega-firm Reed Smith had to jump through when its clients started inquiring about the firm’s green initiatives. As described in this article, Reed Smith first created
How Dr. Doolittle’s Pushmi-pullyu Can Help You Attract and Keep Clients
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Remember the two headed Pushmi-pullyu from the children’s classic, Doctor Dolittle? What you probably didn’t realize back then is that the Pushmi-pullyu serves as an apt paradigm for providing information to your clients. I unveiled this concept last week in my presentation at the ABA Tech Show 2008 on “Using Technology to Retain Clients.”