In many ways for me, corona virus is deja vu all over again.
Five years ago in March 2015, you would have found me working remotely from my home office where circumstances had forced me to relocate eight months earlier when my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Though I’d been remote when my
My longtime blogging colleague and co-defendant Eric Turkewitz recently expressed some hope that the corona virus crisis would serve as a catalyst for needed reforms to New York’s antiquated judicial system. As Turkewitz wrote long ago in 2008, in-person motions practice, status calls and waiting time wastes $10 million in time for a single court
This past Monday, I showed up bright and early at the United
States Supreme Court hoping for a seat to view the argument in this
case where my clients filed an amicus
brief . Knowing that I would have considerable wait time, I tried to
come up with ideas on how to spend it productively.
Though I’ve never been much of a sports fan, football least
of all, I feel compelled to turn on the Superbowl (if not watch it) just so
that I can participate in Monday morning conversations. For that reason, I am
probably the last person on earth to have learned about Katie
Sowers, an assistant
Since time immemorial, law practice management advisors and
business consultants and coaching programs have drummed into law firm owners’
heads the importance of valuing our services. Capturing every last little
second of billable time for phone calls and emails by invoicing early and often
and accepting electronic payments. Walking the fine line between putting
clients
On the dawn of a new decade in the legal profession, I
should be excited about the future. As Bob Ambrogi optimistically
writes, there is much to celebrate from a surge in startups, the
upending of the WEXIS duopoly, and a push towards regulatory reforms to allow
for outside ownership of law firms. Social
For me, finding the right law firm technology is just like
falling in love.
Every interaction is effortless.
You feel a magnetic, almost addictive attraction that makes
you want to spend more time getting to know everything about the object of your
affection.
You become a better person because you’ve found something
that to bring
I came across this great
story about Penzeys Spices, a family-owned, national
spice retailer that has spent over $700,000 on Facebook ads supporting
President Trump’s impeachment. At a time when businesses face backlash
even over a
celebrity spokesperson’s views or donations
to certain causes, company owner Bill Penzey’s bold statements have
likewise cost
Seventeen years ago in a galaxy (or at least a lifetime) far, far away, as a 30-something mom to six and three year old girls and a part-time, home-based energy regulatory practice, I uploaded this page by file transfer protocol to a server that my techy husband had gerry-rigged just for me and launched MyShingle
I’m not particularly creative when it comes to gift giving,
so I’m a big fan of holiday gift guides. The MyShingle Gift Guide for
Starting a Law Firm 2019 will be posted next week, commensurate with our 17th
Anniversary. But for now, enjoy this round-up of gift guides from around
the web with price points for