Remember the “I Love Lucy Show” where Lucy would get herself into some kind of scrape that she’d conceal from her husband Ricky – but then be forced to ‘fess up when he demanded, in his heavy Spanish accent, that “you’ve got some ‘splaining’ to do.” In doing so, sometimes Ricky wanted his wife to
Welcome back, Peter T. Anderson, D.C. Bike Lawyer whom we profiled last week about his niche bike practice. This week, Peter discusses the recreational side of biking, sharing his expert tips on must-have bike gear for commuting lawyers, safety of bike shares and great bike routes. By the way, if you’re a biker, whether in
Ever wonder what it’s like to turn a personal passion into a practice area? Peter T. Anderson an associate at the small, D.C.-based practice, Grenier Law Group is doing just that; leveraging his love for recreational biking and familiarity with the rules of the road to represent cyclists in the nation’s capitol. Learn more about
Back in 2000 — long before the explosion of Meet Ups, professional networking groups and virtual lawyer affiliations, Long Island based attorney David Abeshouse – then a commercial litigator and ADR practitioner who had just launched his own practice – was searching for substitutes to the collegiality and immediate access to lawyers with different
Bryan Marble, principal at AmazeLaw is a law firm vendor offering various web, blogging and SEO solutions for law firms. But perhaps because Marble is married to a lawyer, he’s one of the few law firm vendors that I’ve ever seen whose willing to cross the proverbial thin, blue line and call out the bad
Google is famous for its twenty percent project initiative which encourages employees to spend twenty percent of their time experimenting with their own ideas. Other behemoth tech companies like LinkedIn, Facebook and Apple have adopted their version of similar programs. But so too have smaller businesses outside the tech space, reports Forbes , describing the
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This article by Carol Roth, Use the Buddy System to Market Your Small Business is geared towards small business – but a couple of the tips apply equally well to small law firms. Moreover, because these practices are often overlooked by small firms, they can provide a quick path to success.
Roth’s first tip is
Not surprisingly, most lawyers would rather handle one $30,000 case than 30 one-thousand dollar matters or 60 five-hundred dollar matters. Managing thirty, or worse – 60 – different matters can involve significant transaction costs even when a firm is highly automated.
On the other hand, when you’re starting out or if business is slow, a
A few months ago, I