Welcome to the MyShingle profile series, Run Solo Run where we feature solo and small law firm owners who are running for office – or who have successfully run as in the case of Jenna Casper Bloom featured in this profile. A criminal defense attorney and owner of Casper Bloom Law, Casper Bloom was
As we near the halfway point of 2022, in-person conferences are back and fully in swing with many participants enthusiastically returning to events for the first time in two years. That said, expect a bumpy road ahead given the two thirds vaccination rate nationwide and recent reports of many large gatherings ending up as super
Are you a lawyer of a certain generation who feels out of place in today’s supercharged, speedy world?
It’s no wonder.
After all, we came of age at a time when we were taught that the wheels of justice grind slow.
That we’d need to bill 2000 hours a year or more, year after painful
Here is another addition to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Sarah F. Horowitz, an estate planning and adoption attorney in Silver Spring, Maryland.
What is your name?
Sarah F. Horowitz
Law School attended and year of graduation.
University of Baltimore 2010
Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm.
The
Did you pull your retainer agreement off of the Internet or your bar’s website? Or maybe you scored a template from a colleague? Or maybe you’ve been using your retainer agreement for so long that you can’t remember its origins. Why don’t you take your retainer agreement for a tune-up by checking out this Quick
This past weekend, I ran my seventh consecutive Race for Hope which raises funds for brain cancer research – a cause close to my heart. The race is only five kilometers, a distance that I’ve ably tackled before but this year, I struggled for the first half before finding my stride. So I was
In the past four years, the social media platform TikTok grew exponentially, now boasting a billion users a month averaging 850 minutes on the app. Interesting data, but should lawyers be using Tiktok? You might be inclined to respond “hell yes!,” particularly after seeing these examples of early adopting lawyers who’ve gone viral with several
Post update 4/21/2021 based on comment from Will Hornsby noting that all trade name bans have been or are in the process of being eliminated.
LegalZoom. HelloDivorce. HelloPreNup.
One reason that we as lawyers know that these companies aren’t law firms is because they operate under trade names – which many jurisdictions
Fifteen years ago, I was one of the first handful of forward-looking lawyers to embrace the Internet as a tool for marketing a solo or small firm practice. For starters, robust websites, blogs and social media enabled lawyers to really engage and educate consumers in a far more meaningful way than a screaming CALL-YOUR-LAWYER 911!!
Back in 2018, I reviewed Briefcatch, a supercool word add-on editing tool invented by legal writing guru Ross Guberman that that makes intelligent proofing and style suggestions and assigns a grade to your writing. While I raved about the product in my original post, alas, as a Mac user, I was never able