As we start on Week Number 4 of the pandemic lockdown, everyone is growing restless and nervous. For many solo and small firm lawyers, the reality of at least another month’s worth of case postponements and reduced intake has settled in. Meanwhile, if my personal email box is any indication, vendors, marketers and coaches galore
My regular readers know that I’m a sucker for a sexy business model. Whether it’s a cool niche practice or innovative delivery systems or a subscription service or figuring out how to leverage thyself, any departure — no matter how minor — from the same-old-same-old billable hour, sparks joy.
But re-assessing the law
By now, most lawyers are well-acquainted with Zoom, which has quickly emerged as a lifeline for lawyers attempting to re-establish a semblance of their former IRL online. As with any other marketing tools – whether Yellow Pages from days of yore to the web and social media, Zoom is just a medium for conveying
Tonight, at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins. Many of my Jewish friends and colleagues have opted to skip the Passover rituals this year, finding a virtual seder and all the other rigamarole too overwhelming in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But Passover this year brings me comfort and hope because just as
Decades ago, I attended a lecture series at the National Institute of Health down the street from my house, where the now ubiquitous Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease was one of the speakers. Truth be told, I hardly remember the topic of Fauci’s talk, nor could
Thanks to everyone who registered for Solo & Small Firm Practice in A Time of Corona Virus. Here’s a link to the recorded video and the slide deck. True to my word, I answered every question – and since I can ramble, the presentation lasted nearly two hours. So if you don’t have time
As law firm owners and entrepreneurs, all of us are living
under a cloud of unprecedented uncertainty and financial hardship. It’s
stressful and scary and if you were to claim otherwise, I’d question your
sanity.
In the days and months to come, there will be time — plenty
of it — to reposition your firm,
I am thrilled to share a post from a long time friend, Lisa Solomon who has been a pioneer in the freelance lawyer space since the mid 1990s. Lisa helped encourage adoption of freelance services by showing lawyers how they could save time and make more money through outsourcing. But most of all, Lisa gave
As Covid-19 spreads across the United States, so too, have all kinds of pitches and programs and promotions by law firms and the vendors who serve them. Some of these programs are free and purely informational – covering topics such as employers’ obligations and liability during a pandemic or the mechanics and ethics of getting
Ever since the agrarian era when women gave birth in the
fields, then strapped the baby on their backs, women have been multi-tasking
childcare and work. Corona virus won’t be the first time that parents –
primarily women – will be called upon to work from home while watching the kids
nor will it be