While you may never find an ideal time to start a firm, hopefully, you’ll realize when it’s time to stop. The attorney described in this article, Attorney Loses License Again, Kevin Eigelbach (9/21/05) apparently didn’t so now the bar’s stopped his practice for him. Attorney Gabbard of Kentucky has been suspended from practice
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I’m A Law Star
I was interviewed last week by a writer from Law Crossing and surprised to see the article appear so quickly in the Law Stars Hall of Fame. Another benefit of blogging, that’s for sure.
Biglaw Attorney With Big Clients Goes Small
And yet another biglaw attorney downsizes, as reported in this article, Law Firm to Serve Smaller Businesses (Grand Rapids Press, 9/10/05). According to the piece, Barry Kane, a large firm partner and Vince DeYoung, former attorney for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Harrahs’ have launched a Michigan law firm that specializes in business counseling, intellectual property…
A Home Office Still Needs to Be An Office
For all of you home office shinglers, fellow solo Lisa Solomon authored this guest post at Home Office Lawyer entitled “Putting the Office Back in the Home Office.” Lisa offers a couple of quick tips to professionalize your home office so that you can keep your home-office and home-life separate from each other.
The ABA Says It Wants Solos to Join…Yet Is Completely Out of Touch With Our Abilities and Needs
So, the American Bar Association says that it wants us solo and small firm lawyers to consider joining? If that’s so, it’s going to have to do a far better job of understanding the abilities and needs of solo and small firm attorneys than it has.
Consider this article, Solos Lead the Wireless Way,…
Legal Writing Resources
Via Tom Mighell at Inter-alia comes a link to weblog that’s been published since March 2005 but is new to me: Wayne Schiess’ Legal Writing. Wayne’s site offers examples of poor legal drafting, tips on legal writing and a list of articles that he’s written.
What was most interesting to me though was that…
The Somber Side of Solo Practice
I know that frequently I’m regarded as an avid advocate (some of my blogging buddies would even call me a cheerleader) for solo practice, focusing primarily on the benefits of going solo rather than the risks or drawbacks. But in the wake of Katrina, I’m reminded of the somber side of solo practice: how…
Does the ABA Support Solos…Let’s See
Not sure how I missed this earlier, but Bob Ambrogi of Legal Line Blog recently posted here on ABA President Michael Greco’s commitment to solo and small firm lawyers. Greco writes in his piece :
“We have created a new portal
for solo and small-firm lawyers to enter the ABA, and we have thrown
open…
LexThink’s BlawgThink
Matt Homann of the Non Billable Hour and LexThink just announced BlawgThink to be held at Catalyst Ranch in Chicago, November 11-12, 2005. According to Matt, there’ll be "two days of blawgging how-to, small group discussions and collaborative brainstorming." To get more information or an invite, contact Matt at matt@lexthink.com. If BlawgThink is anything…
Ross Kodner’s Call to Action – KatrinAid
Ross Kodner’s a legal technlogy consultant at Microlaw whose clients include many small law firms and whose website and presentations have offered resources and support to thousands of lawyers. Now, Ross is putting out a call to the legal and legal tech community to help out those impacted in Katrina. Here’s the text of his…