Greatest American Lawyer posts on the mostly good of independent practice and links to this post by Russ Krajec on a similar theme.

There’s been some discussion on some of the listserves that I frequent about the Brodsky Law Firm which competes, proudly and flagrantly, on price alone.  Predictably, Brodsky’s strategy has generated a slew of remarks like “you get what you pay for” or comments critical of this “race to the bottom,” but I see things a…

What I love most about solo practice is that, to quote Forrest Gump, it’s like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.  And as this article, Big Case for Fledgling Lawyer, Don Thompson, AP (3/19/06) bears out, you just might get the case of your life eighteen months…

This past weekend’s New York Times article Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms? (Timothy O’Brien, 3/19/06) makes me ask the question “Why Should We Care?”  The article describes the oft-cited problem of why women aren’t making it to the top at large firms or why they prematurely leave, blaming…

Jim Calloway hosts this week’s Blawg Review, over here, with an OK (Oklahoma) theme.  His round up is more than OK, though, so you should mosey on over and see what’s been happening this week in the blogworld, including the unfortunate "Gunfight at Blawger Corral," between several A-list bloggers.

Just a warning, postings will be a bit on the light side for this next week or so.  Nothing to do with my new gig at Legal Blogwatch; just a combination of what’s seemed like a slow news week, coupled with a huge summary judgment motion response that is consuming me.  I will be…

David Swanner posts this excerpt from a rehearing petition that’s likely to lose.  Read it and see if you can figure out why:
Statement of Issue Presented for Review: The Court of Appeals committed a major error in affirming the dismissal. The Court did not address the facts of the case. The Court has a…