Although summer conjures up visions of lazy weekends by the
pool and hectic family vacations, for me, summer has always been the season to
move discretionary projects off my checklist. With many of the forums
where I practice in recess for some or all of the summer and clients working
short weeks, I often have
Eight and a half long years ago, I suggested
that solo and small law firms share their security practices with clients as an
added selling point for their practices. Of course, back in 2010, many solos
and smalls hadn’t yet started using the cloud, email was still considered
relatively secure and paper-less and virtual law
As a mom and step-mom, Heinrich has a nuanced view of motherhood
that she channels in her work. Particularly, when practicing family law, she
focuses on collaborative child-centered divorce, and has empathy for other
parents in similar roles. Inspired by a legacy of small business owners in her
family, she started her own firm, The
This morning as I strode through metro en route to my
office, I spied a green column emblazoned with a checklist of items – hotdogs,
plates, charcoal and lights and a tagline that read “BBQ, delivered.”
Interesting, I thought to myself — I’d been meaning to host a law-firm sponsored
summer
As the primary care-giver in her family, Bloom knows her practice Bloom & Bloom, LLC, is vital to giving her the freedom to be
present at home and design her schedule in a way that can accommodate her
postpartum recovery. And while she has real worries about building her practice
to be sustainable long-term,
When Teresa made the choice to leave her major immigration firm
and go off on her own, she was motivated by the opportunity to spend more time
with her children. Throughout her solo journey, even though there is the
niggling feeling that she could always be doing more to grow her practice, the Law Office
Today, the average life expectancy is 78.6 years for men and
81. 1 years for women. Yet while longevity increases, services that cater to
older Americans have not – or at least not yet. However, as Fast
Company reports, the business of growing old is a 15 trillion dollar
industry.
For lawyers, aging populations
McCaskill was familiar with hustling to make ends meet, so when
she was laid off in the 2009 economy, she knew she could take the
initiative to start her own firm, the Law
Office of Jennifer J. McCaskill, LLC. That way, she could be flexible in
the way that her growing family needed. While she
As owner of Obiorah Fields,
LLC, Obiorah has found that money flow can be inconsistent and hard to plan
for. Yet, she’s also able to enjoy control over her time by choosing the areas
of law she wants to focus on, and scheduling her availability around major
events with her children, instead of having to
In recent years, the conversation over equality in the work place has shifted from a simple discussion of policy such as mandatory family leave or subsidized daycare to the root cause for gender inequality: the fact that in most cases, women are more likely to take the career hit and cut back or leave