For the past two days, I was thrilled to have my older
daughter home for a brief 48-hour layover between an overseas trip and her
return to her job up in Boston. Unfortunately, she brought with her a vicious
cough and sinus infection that pretty much grounded her after her arrival. When
it became apparent
If you’ve visited MyShingle before, you’re most likely
familiar with our wildly popular profiles
of lawyers focused on the 40
Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago. Several of these new areas
took off in 2018, in particular cannabis which spawned all sorts of new
regulatory and legal issues as described here
and
So last year, you read MyShingle and grew excited or less terrified about starting a law practice. Maybe you read one of our top ten posts for the year and decided to stop playing it safe and to start your law firm. Or maybe you decided that it was your time to change the
There’s a great scene in the movie Southside With You (at 1:46) about Barack and Michelle Obama’s courtship where Barack Obama addresses a group of community members at a local meeting. They’ve been told “no” about something or other, and Obama suggests that rather than take the word at face value, they flip it around
Earlier this month, MyShingle.com celebrated our Sixteenth Anniversary , making us one of the longest-running blogs on solo and small firm practice, as well as one of the few woman-owned law blogs. Though we’re midway through our teenage years, the site remains strong with plenty of content and always new and original ideas. Here’s a
Many lawyers spend many, many, MANY dollars on SEO only to be disappointed with the results. The reason? SEO may lead prospective clients to your website, but it won’t make them convert. Once prospective clients come to your virtual doorstep, the onus is on you or your website to convert them.
Want to see if
On MyShingle, we celebrate the solo and small firm practitioner, and those at the forefront of innovation in the legal field. Our newest project, 41Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago highlights solo and small firm practitioners who have embraced unconventional and upcoming niche practices from Animal Law to Cannabis Law.
This profile
On MyShingle, we
celebrate the solo and small firm practitioner, and those at the forefront of
innovation in the legal field. Our newest project, 41
Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago highlights solo
and small firm practitioners who have embraced unconventional and upcoming
niche practices from 3D Printing Law to Online Privacy
One of the best ways to make money for your law firm is to find money for your clients to pay your bills. In a previous post, I described a number of approaches to finding money including identifying fee-shifting statutes, available insurance policies, crowdfunding and third-party financing.
Many lawyers confuse third-party financing with litigation
On MyShingle, we celebrate the solo and small firm practitioner, and those at the forefront of innovation in the legal field. Our newest project, 41 Legal Practice Areas That Didn’t Exist 15 Years Ago highlights solo and small firm practitioners who have embraced unconventional and upcoming niche practices from 3D Printing Law to Online Privacy