Women-owned law firms, particularly those owned by moms, have become the proverbial invisible man of the legal profession. Mom lawyers are excluded from the conversation about retaining women in the legal profession, and we don’t even rank on the ABA Reports drawn from NALP on women in the profession. But just like the tiny whos
Welcome to the MyShingle profile series featuring Mom-Owned Law Firms where we celebrate mom lawyers who have chosen to own, not loan their talent. One of our two inaugural profiles comes from Cathleen Cooper Moran, a seasoned bankruptcy attorney who has been running her own law firm for 40 years.
The money quote: “Ownership has
Welcome to the MyShingle profile series featuring Mom-Owned Law Firms where we celebrate mom lawyers who have chosen to own, not loan their talent. One of our two inaugural profiles comes from Christine Matus, a New Jersey-based estate planning attorney, who will celebrate 15 years of law firm ownership.
The Money Quote: “I always wanted
Name: Dan Lear
Current Position, company and what your company does.
I am currently the Director of Industry Relations at Avvo. Avvo connects people to the quality legal help they deserve through industry-leading tools and services, including a free Q&A forum, a comprehensive lawyer directory, and fixed-fee services offered by local lawyers.
Prior to
The final lawyer-to-legal-tech entry in our What’s Next Solo? lineup is Chad Bruton, CEO of CuroLegal. Although Chad had ten years of biglaw legal experience under his belt by the time he turned solo, as a still-newer attorney, he enjoyed the benefits of the technology advances like virtual law offices and distributed firms which he
If you’ve been around the blogosphere as long as I have, you can’t help but recognize Ernie Svenson (or “Ernie the Attorney” as he is belovedly known in blogging circles.) Ernie must have been one of the very first law bloggers, launching his eponymous blog on a product now so old that I’m not sure
I’m very excited about this week’s What’s Next Solo, From Lawyer to Legal Tech feature about my co-author and friend, Nicole Black of MyCase. Niki and I met online 12 years as part of the early generation of law bloggers, and two of just a handful of female bloggers in that crowd. Nicole is a
Welcome to the inaugural edition of What’s Next, Solo? Although some lawyers are content to remain pure solos or small firm owners for the duration of their career, others may wish to move onto something new – whether out of a desire to seek new challenges, or a need for steadier income or a less
Editor’s Note: It’s one thing to leave a biglaw firm for solo practice – that kind of thing happens all the time. But what happens if the firm that you leave is one that you built yourself? That decision can be much tougher – but as this week’s guest poster Randall F. Rogers shares, it
When most of us think about solo or small firm law practice, what most frequently comes to mind is a firm with a local or regional scope that services clients within a particular city or maybe in a couple of counties or statewide. And while most of us are familiar with at least a couple