Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant
1629 K Street N.W. Ste. 300
Washington D.C. 20006
Phone: 202-297-6100
Email: elefant@myshingle.com
About MyShingle.com
On December 7, 2002, I launched MyShingle.com, a weblog for and about solos and small law firms. At the time that I created the site – ancient history in Internet time- there was no comprehensive site dedicated to the demands and desires of solos and small law firms, the clients we serve and others in
New Year
Today was my daughters’ first day of school, full of anticipation and excitement. As for me, I’ll be resuming my longer work days now that they don’t return home until after 4.
What Makes A Fee Unreasonable?
Many lawyers (with this notable exception) believe that the 1/3 contingency fee is reasonable and that any fee agreed to between a willing client and an attorney is also reasonable. But in this recent story, Attorney’s 9/11 Fee Called “Shocking, Unconscionable” (law.com 8/28/06), lawyer Tom Troiano had a valid retainer agreement that provided for
Real Sisters In Law
Sisters don’t have to marry a pair of brothers to become sisters in law to each other. As this article, Sisters in law: Siblings Keep legal matters all in the family (Arizona Business Gazette 8/24/06), sisters Hope Kirsch and Lori Kirsch-Goodwin became sisters in law (or sisters at law) when they decided to hang out
Small Is The New Big and Chat With Seth Godin
I haven’t yet read Seth Godin’s new book, Small Is the New Big, though of course, I linked to Godin’s article of the same name when it came out. Next week, Type Pad will release the August 22 chat with Godin via Podcast. If any readers participated, I’d love to hear the scoop
You Can Take It [Biglaw Practice] With You
Many large firm lawyers think that if they hang a shingle. they’ll have to throw away their biglaw specialities, like securities regulation or merger practice and trade it in for more general practice fare, like family law or criminal practice. But at least one solo attorney, Walter James, of the newly created Environmental Crimes Blog
Solo Practice: Priceless
From Susan Cartier-Liebel’s piece, For the Brave, There’s Life Beyond Biglaw (law.com, August 10, 2006) comes this money quote:If opening your own practice were portrayed as a MasterCard commercial, it would go something like this: Virtual Office: $150; Cell Phone: $49.99 a month; WiFi laptop: $799; taking your 5-year-old son to his first Mets opening
Of counsel – another solo practice option
This month’s issues of GP Solo Magazine has an article by Elio Martinez entitled Of Counsel: An Alternative to Solo and Firm Practice. The article tells a little bit about Martinez’s of counsel arrangement (all of them differ, I think):
My of counsel arrangement is simple. I maintain a separate and independent practice while
Welcome Typepad Visitors
Today, MyShingle is thrilled to have the honor of being named as Typepad’s Featured Blog of the Day for August 6, 2006. I’d like to personally welcome all new visitors from Typepad’s Home Page and invite you to take a look around at my site. I realize that many of you may not have