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Mar 25, 2011 / Guest Bloggers, Solo & Small Firm Practice
Guest Post: Danielle G. Van Ess 10 Things I Hate About Being Solo (And Why I'm Still Happy Being Solo!) 1. I HATE the look I used to get that said, “We’ll see if you’re still around in another year or two.” It took awhile but I built my practice up from absolutely nothing in [...]
Mar 25, 2011 / Inspiration
-Oh, no. We'll never get [out of doc review] now. -So certain are you. [sighs] Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say? -Master, moving [documents] around is one thing. This is totally different. -No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned. -All [...]
Mar 24, 2011 / Guest Bloggers
From the "Big Law to Solo" column When Susan and I first discussed this month's column, my initial thought was that coming up with ten things would be easy. But it was harder than I imagined; in fact, it was downright difficult. You see, I kind of dig being a solo. Still, when I put my [...]
Mar 22, 2011 / Audio, Guest Lectures
Jordan Furlong recently gave us his two-part 2011 teleseminar update on the future of the legal profession. Part Two is now available below. I always look forward to my conversations with Jordan. He is insightful, extremely intelligent, and expresses his vision of the future of the legal profession with amazing clarity and direction for all [...]
Mar 18, 2011 / Guest Bloggers, Solo & Small Firm Practice
From "The Non Trad Law Grad" column. Since I am a brand new lawyer, I keep saying the “season has just started.” However, in many ways, the season started when I was in law school – the clock started ticking from the first day of orientation. This is the time you start acquiring the skills [...]
Mar 17, 2011 / Guest Bloggers
From "Lessons From The Lawyer-Coach" column In a previous post I discussed some benefits and drawbacks of investing in law practice management software. I shared my opinion that all lawyers, including solos, can benefit from practice management software because, properly used, it will significantly improve your efficiency and organization. I also warned, however, that the [...]
Mar 15, 2011 / Audio, What's New?
We've kicked off a new series of free audio guest lectures at Solo Practice University starting with Smart Marketing with Mark Merenda, Business Law with Trippe Fried, and Video For Attorneys with Gerry Oginski. These ongoing lectures will feature our faculty experts discussing what's new in their own practice areas or their specific areas of [...]
Mar 14, 2011 / Solo & Small Firm Practice
No. It's not 'Hammer Time'. It's the 'Hammer' Clause. How many of you are familiar with the term 'Hammer Clause' and is it buried in your Professional Liability Policy? Who's getting hammered? When I was practicing I always knew to get a professional liability policy which gave me final say on settlement or litigation should [...]
Mar 11, 2011 / Announcements, Subjective Opinions
That caught your eye? It catches my eye constantly when I see factions in the legal community measure every other lawyer's passion for the law or time spent per week practicing law as a barometer for whether or not they are a 'real' lawyer. Some of the popular challenges to 'real' status: You have additional [...]
Mar 10, 2011 / Guest Bloggers
Coming of Age In A New Economy Recently, I had a rather valuable discussion with an attorney from a top flight firm. He happens to have extensive experience as lead counsel in the airline industry for environmental regulatory compliance. So it's fair to say he also has a decent amount of experience hiring associates. We [...]
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