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Guest Lecture with Jared Correia – Tech for New (and Not So New) Lawyers

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:30:52 +0000

Jared receives countless questions from new solo lawyers and solos who have been in practice for decades but need advice on law practice management. We like to ask Jared what it is on lawyers' minds and (no) surprise…it's technology, cloud securiy, google, and law practice management software. However, you might be very surprised by what Jared has to say. I was. Join us as we discuss these important and timely topics.
If you are a new lawyer in Massachusetts or a paying member of the Massachusetts bar, be sure to connect with Jared. LOMAP's services are free for those who qualify.

The audio is about 45 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
Guest Lecture with Jared Correia

Jared D. Correia, Esq., is Law Practice Management Advisor at MassLOMAP (Massachusetts Law Office Management Practice). Prior to joining LOMAP, he was the Publications Attorney for the Massachusetts Bar Association (“MBA”). He was the first Publications Attorney for the MBA, and established the continuing legal education publication protocols and standards. In addition to overseeing the MBA’s CLE Publications, he also managed the MBA’s version of Casemaker, an online legal research product provided free of charge to MBA members. Prior to joining the MBA, Mr. Correia was a private practice attorney, working in the areas of general practice and disability law, in small firms on the Southcoast, North of Boston and just outside of Boston. Mr. Correia’s general practice encompassed a diverse range of legal subjects, including the handling of administrative hearings, personal injury law, family law, tax law and property law matters. Mr. Correia is active in raising funds for cancer research and has founded a charitable organization to benefit autistic children. He is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Saint Anselm College, where he was a captain of the Saint Anselm College Debate Team that finished second nationally in 2000.

Connect with Jared on Twitter . You can also follow LOMAP on Facebook, visit the website or read the blog.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: New Solo Attorney FAQs with Jared Correia

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:30:22 +0000

New Solo FAQs with Jared Correia

Often times new solos are afraid to publicly ask the important questions about starting a solo practice because they are concerned others will mock them for not knowing what is often considered basic. Jared Correia hears these questions all day long, often times two and three times in the same day. We thought it would be very beneficial to have a discussion with Jared so he could answer these newbie questions (which, quite frankly, more seasoned lawyers could benefit from, as well!) in a podcast which can be bookmarked, saved and listened to as often as you like. If you are a new lawyer in Massachusetts or a paying member of the Massachusetts bar, be sure to connect with Jared. LOMAP's services are free for those who qualify.

The audio is about 53 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
New Solo FAQs with Jared Correia

Connect with Jared on Twitter . You can also follow LOMAP on Facebook, visit the website or read the blog.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Savvy Solos with Omar Ha-Redeye

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:57:25 +0000

Social Media is amazing for meeting fascinating people. Over these past few years I've had the opportunity to connect with Omar Ha-Redeye through our mutual blogging and then increasingly through Twitter. Omar and I recently went from online to offline and got to know each other a little better. It was then I learned of his truly interesting background as well as the practice area he teaches while he grows his solo practice in Canada – Geographic Information Services law. GIS is something we all use everyday but don't fully appreciate. In today's conversation we will discuss two topics: GIS law and how teaching what you know can really grow your solo practice.

Omar Ha-Redeye is a Toronto lawyer focusing on health law (personal injury, medical malpractice, occupational health and safety, health policy) and reputation management (online defamation, crisis communications, public relations).

He is a graduate (Juris Doctor) of the law program at the University of Western Ontario. He teaches law and ethics at Ryerson University as an Adjunct Faculty member. He currently sits on the Ontario Bar Association as the Vice-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division.

Omar is a core contributor to Slaw , Canada's premiere online legal resource, The Lawyers Weekly, and is frequently contacted by the media for his areas of expertise.

The audio is about 35 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
Savvy Solos with Omar Ha-Redeye

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Savvy Solos with Spencer Aronfeld

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:00:13 +0000

During his 20 years in private practice as a solo, Spencer Aronfeld has enjoyed powerful courtroom victories over Walt Disney World, Wild Oats, P.A.C. Construction, Fedan Tire, and Todel Apartments and has gained international recognition as a lawyer for the people.

One of the reasons I LOVE doing these Savvy Solos interviews is I get to meet some truly great people. This Savvy Solo interview is my second conversation with Spencer Aronfeld. This teleseminar is a MUST LISTEN if you want to go solo. Here is a lawyer who is so committed, so passionate, and just makes you proud to be part of this profession and particularly as a solo. If you listen to no other guest lecture (all of them are great though and you really should!) listen to Spencer Aronfeld and be sure to share!

The audio is about 51 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
Savvy Solos with Spencer Aronfeld

Born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Aronfeld graduated cum laude from the University Of Miami School Of Law in 1991. Upon graduation, he founded his own firm, in Coral Gables, Florida. He has dedicated his life to representing individuals against corporate giants, such as the Carnival Corporation, Florida Marlins, Bayside Marketplace, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami-Dade County, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., State Farm Insurance Company, United Automobile Insurance Company, Baptist Hospitals, South Miami Hospital and International Airplane Leasing.

Aronfeld earned international recognition after his first jury trial, when an Orlando, Florida jury awarded his Uruguayan clients a $100,000.00 verdict against Walt Disney World. Before trial, Disney had offered his clients only $1,200.00. That verdict remains one of the largest in a personal injury case against the Mouse and his legal battle was recounted in the book, "Disney, the Mouse Betrayed."

Aronfeld graduated from the Trial Lawyer College, a non-profit institution founded and directed by legendary trial lawyer, Gerry Spence in Dubois, Wyoming. Lawyers are admitted by invitation only and learn how to try cases on behalf of the people. Aronfeld has since returned as part of the faculty and has joined Spence on several of his nationwide book tours.

Aronfeld has hosted his own weekly radio talk and lectures frequently around the country. He has appeared on the NBC's Today Show, Court TV, Primer Impacto, Montel, Tyra, Dateline NBC, America’s Most Wanted, The Insider, CNN and HLN.

Aronfeld is a Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Likewise, Spencer Aronfeld is an active member of The Florida Bar and has substantial experience in his area of specialty: Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law.

Since 2007 has been recognized as one of Florida’s Super Lawyers and one of the "20 Most Intriguing Floridians" by Florida Magazine.

In addition to the Florida Bar, he is admitted to practice in Federal Court, the District of Colombia and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of American Justice Association, Miami-Dade Justice Association, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and an Eagle Member of the Florida Justice Association. His firm is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. He is licensed to practice in Florida and the District of Columbia, and was admitted to both the Federal District Court Practice (1992) and the Federal Trial Bar of the US District Court (1993). He has chaired numerous seminars for the Florida Justice Association (Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers) and spoken at the annual convention of the American Association of Justice (Association of Trial Lawyers of America) in San Francisco and Maui.

Aronfeld has written numerous featured articles for the American Association for Justice's Trial Magazine as well as other national legal publications which can be purchased on Amazon.

In 2010, in response to the earthquake in Haiti, Aronfeld founded Lawyers to the Rescue, a not for profit humanitarian initiative to provide legal assistance and civil rights activism for those in need.

In September 2010 Aronfeld's first book was published, "Sara Rose, Kid Lawyer." "Sara Rose, Kid Lawyer" is a fully illustrated children's book that tells the story of a tenacious fourth grade girl who likes to argue. He wrote the book to inspire young children and girls in particular to consider the legal profession. A portion of the proceeds of this book, go to support Lawyers to the Rescue. The book can be purchased on Sara Rose Kid Lawyer.Aronfeld is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and another children's book, a sequel to Sara Rose Kid Lawyer will be out in December.

In 2011, Aronfeld published his second book: "Make It Your Own, the Ultimate Law Student's Guide to Starting Your Own Law Firm." The book launched at Florida International University College of Law. A reading and signing of the book was held at the University of Miami School of Law on April 6, 2011.

In 2011 Aronfeld coordinated the Student Trial Advocacy Competition for the American Association for Justice. The event was held at the University of Miami School of Law March 4-6, 2011. Students from 8 law schools participated in the event. See video here.

Connect with Spencer on Twitter and Facebook.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Savvy Solos with Lurie Daniel-Favors

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:00:07 +0000

Lurie Daniel-Favors is a consumer rights and bankruptcy attorney in New York. She is the founder of Daniel Favors Law Group P.C.

On June 1, 2011 Lurie celebrated her second anniversary as a solo, just 2 1/2 months after enrolling at SPU on the very first day SPU opened (she has said we'll never get rid of her ) She tells a compelling story of how she rekindled her passion by creating her own type of civil rights practice (consumer protection law for her community) after getting ~~hypnotized~~ redirected in law school to BigLaw. Now Lurie has created a solo law practice she enjoys every day. Also learn how she has capitalized on the power of quality educational marketing to grow her practice by providing her community with information sorely needed…but no one else provided.

The interview is about 48 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
Savvy Solos with Lurie Daniel-Favors

Prior to opening the Daniel Favors Law Group, Lurie was a corporate finance associate in the New York office of Manatt Phelps and Phillips, LLP. At Manatt, Lurie represented not-for-profit and corporate entities in both national and international business transactions. Before joining Manatt, Lurie was honored to serve as a judicial law clerk in the Chambers of the Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr., in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. There she saw first hand the ways in which the law impacts the every day person. Prior to her federal clerkship, she started her legal career as an associate in the corporate department of the New York office of Proskauer Rose LLP.

Before attending law school at New York University School of Law, she co-founded Sankofa Community Empowerment, Inc. (“SCE”), a non-profit organization that creates and implements youth, college, community and economic programs that are structured to empower racially and economically disenfranchised communities. Lurie is also a co-founder of Breaking the Cycle Consulting LLC, an educational consulting firm that specializes in training educators to use culturally responsive teaching to increase academic achievement in at-risk student populations.

Lurie is a proud transplant to New York and resides in the People’s Republic of Brooklyn. She earned her baccalaureate degree at Pennsylvania State University and completed her juris doctorate at New York University School of Law.

You can also stay in touch with Lurie via her weekly podcast, her blog, facebook, or on twitter.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Meet Savvy Solo Judy Young

Susan Cartier Liebel — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:30:50 +0000

Judy Young is a talented and accomplished corporate law attorney with tested expertise in commercial transactions, intellectual property contracts, commercial and business litigation, licensing and distribution, labor and employment law, negotiation, arbitration, dispute resolution, and other fields directly relevant to her counsel for the winery and hospitality industries.

Judy and I discussed her journey since law school- how she started out as a part-time jack-of-all trades solo while working full time at another job; how she discovered her original plan was counterproductive to her goals and her evolution into becoming THE Pennsylvania Winery and Hospitality Lawyer. She's faced all the same challenges as you have (or will) and come out just fine on the other end…not only fine, but prospering and loving what she does. Join us!

The interview is about 46 minutes long. Listen or directly below. Savvy Solo with Judy Young

Judy established her firm in 2007 so that Pennsylvania wineries and hospitality businesses have the proper counsel and information they need to make sound business, financial, and operational decisions.

Prior to forming her practice in PA, Judy held leadership positions in both the public and private sectors, where she garnered expertise in transactional, financial, consulting, business, and legal experience.

Judy is also an avid food and wine enthusiast, which explains her devotion and interest in the winery, vineyard and hospitality industries.

She is a graduate of the infamous New York’s Windows of the World Wine School and is a Certified Mixologist from the Professional Bartending School of America. She also enjoys a long history of commitment to public service in her community, where she actively served on the Board of Directors for numerous charitable and civic organizations advancing humanitarian causes.

Visit Judy's website, read her blog, and follow her on Twitter.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Good Enough Is The New Perfect – Hollee S. Temple

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:30:20 +0000

Hollee S. Temple is a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-professor at West Virginia University College of Law and co-author of the book, Good Enough is the New Perfect.

Hollee and I had a terrific conversation about the challenges facing professional women when it comes to working and raising a family. This book is not the same old saw about working moms vs stay at home moms. This book is liberating as it discusses the actual process – unique to each and everyone of us – to letting go (or accepting 'good enough') in certain areas of our lives to allow for greater successes in all aspects of our lives. Please listen and share your thoughts as it is very, very relevant to the solo practitioner today.

After graduating at the top of her class with a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Hollee headed to Duke University School of Law. She graduated in 1999, and then began a four-year stint as a litigation associate at an international law firm. After her first son was born in 2002, Temple returned to her firm on a part-time basis before joining the WVU faculty the next year. Hollee lives in Morgantown, West Virginia, with her husband, John, an author and journalism professor, and their two sons, Gideon and Henry.

This interview is about 44 minutes. Listen or download directly below.

Hollee Temple on Good Enough is the New Perfect

Book: Good Enough is the New Perfect

Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood (Harlequin Nonfiction)

Told through the inspiring stories of real moms—executives and entrepreneurs, doctors and lawyers—Good Enough is the New Perfect blends expert advice and solid research to offer a true roadmap for the incredible balancing act we call motherhood.

Learn more about Good Enough is the New Perfect and watch the book trailer in the Solo Practice University® CO-OP.

You can also visit the website for Good Enough is the New Perfect, connect with Hollee on Facebook and follow Holle on Twittter (@holleeinbalance).

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Social Media & Networking For Businesses (Part 3)

Susan Cartier Liebel — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:30:25 +0000

Toby Bloomberg teaches about social media and networking for businesses at Solo Practice University® in a series of Guest Lectures. This lecture was recorded February, 2011.

You can listen to her previous guest lectures here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).

Toby Bloomberg is passionate about helping people (not companies) create initiatives that leverage the power of social media communications to build and nurture “digital corner grocery store relationships.” From 2004, when she chaired AMA’s first Hot Topic on social media/blogs, Toby has been speaking, teaching and consulting on the topic at conferences for organizations such as BlogHer, PRSA, BlogWorldExpo, M/A/R/C, Chick-Fil-A, CDC, Cox Communications, American Marketing Association and Purina .. and now Solo Practice University.

Her blog Diva Marketing was acknowledged by Forbes as one of the 20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs By Women and recently voted one of the 10 Best Social Media Blogs by the Social Media Examiner.

Toby is an acknowledged leader in the social media marketing industry and has been profiled in several books on the subject including Naked Conversations, Now Is Gone, Twitterville and The Digital Handshake. She has been quoted in BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, MSNBC, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Her media credits include articles about marketing and social media published in Marketing News, Portland Business Journal, Impact (India publication), L’actualite Alimentaire (Canada publication), WEMagazine, RevenueToday and Atlanta Business-to-Business. She has been quoted about social media marketing in various publications including INC magazine, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Entrepreneur.com, MSNBC and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

She serves on the boards of the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association, the social media communities Savvy Auntie, Field Trips With Sue and Divine Caroline; as well as the non-profit organization Children's Advocacy Centers of Georgia.

She was an adjunct professor at Goizueta School of Business at Emory University where she taught an innovative course on management consulting.. She holds a degree from Emerson College and has performed post-baccalaureate studies in marketing and management at Emory University.

She is a Yankee from Boston living in the South with her YouTube “rock star” Westie pup Max, who occasionally finds his way into Diva Marketing.

The audio is approximately 60 minutes. Listen directly below.

Toby & Susan discuss Social Media Today

[NOTE] You can listen to her previous guest lectures here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: Using the D.A.F.T. System to Organize Work Flow

Susan Cartier Liebel — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:30:19 +0000

Andrea Cannavina is a legal virtual assistant helping law firms and other service based businesses upgrade to a digital workflow so everyone can work securely from anywhere.

Those who know Andrea know she will help you with a click of her keyboard. Before you've ever finished the sentence, 'Can you help me with…? she's figured out a solution. Seriously! She's sharp, generous and very, very skilled.

In this guest lecture, she and I talk about her D.A.F.T. system for handling e-mails and which has now become the exclusive way I handle the literally hundreds of e-mails I get almost daily. The .pdf is free at her website. Listen as we discuss and resolve how to handle one of the biggest work-flow hurdles – 'the inbox.'
The interview runs approximately 50 minutes.

D.A.F.T. Your Way to Organized – LegalTypist

With 10 years of practical experience helping solo practitioners, entrepreneurs, virtual assistants, small to mid-sized law firms and other businesses, Andrea confidently provides a greater depth of knowledge and service to everyone she consults. Andrea understands that each business has unique goals, needs and challenges. She has researched, compiled, and tested technology to find the most effective, efficient systems for any business to get more done with less – less time, less resources and less stress!

As a Master Virtual Assistant and Certified EthicsChecked™ VA, Andrea has very high standards of ethics, security and quality. She is dedicated to delivering exceptional service using the best technology available while also protecting the confidential nature of all information entrusted to LegalTypist.

The mother of two, Andrea lives on Long Island with her husband, Dan. In her spare time, Andrea enjoys camping, cooking and hanging with her family and friends.

Check out her website and follow her on Twitter.

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Audio: The Non-Trad Law Grad – Jeff Rutledge

Susan Cartier Liebel — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:30:18 +0000

We got such a terrific response from current students and new grads who could relate to the non-trad law grad status. There are so many more than we realize and their experiences are very unique.

I decided it would be fun to talk with Jeff about his experiences.

This is a must-listen lecture for all law students, new solos (and some not so new) about the unique journey a non – traditional law student takes and how their pre-law school experiences come into play as they navigate through law school and then start their solo practices. You can find him here every third Friday of the month discussing issues unique to the Non Trad Law Grad!

A little about Jeff: Jeff owns and runs a public-policy publishing business in Texas – since 1993, the company has published 744 titles (more than 100 of which were authored by Jeff). Jeff studied management in undergrad and finance in grad school and, most recently, completed his law degree. Jeff is licensed to practice law in Texas; his solo practice focuses on business law, intellectual property (copyrights/trademarks), and animal law (contracts/estate planning). Jeff lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with his wife Cindy (Cindy is an architect) and two Boston Terriers (Judy and Izzy).

Listen to the guest lecture directly below. The interview runs approximately 50 minutes.

The Non-Trad Law Grad – Jeff Rutledge

Written by Susan Cartier Liebel

Solo Practice University® » Guest Lectures

Guest Lecture with Jared Correia – Tech for New (and Not So New) Lawyers

The audio is about 45 minutes. Listen or download directly below. Guest Lecture with Jared Correia

Audio: New Solo Attorney FAQs with Jared Correia

New Solo FAQs with Jared Correia

Audio: Savvy Solos with Omar Ha-Redeye

Audio: Savvy Solos with Spencer Aronfeld

During his 20 years in private practice as a solo, Spencer Aronfeld has enjoyed powerful courtroom victories over Walt Disney World, Wild Oats, P.A.C. Construction, Fedan Tire, and Todel Apartments and has gained international recognition as a lawyer for the people.

Audio: Savvy Solos with Lurie Daniel-Favors

Lurie Daniel-Favors is a consumer rights and bankruptcy attorney in New York. She is the founder of Daniel Favors Law Group P.C.

Audio: Meet Savvy Solo Judy Young

Audio: Good Enough Is The New Perfect – Hollee S. Temple

Hollee S. Temple is a journalist-turned-lawyer-turned-professor at West Virginia University College of Law and co-author of the book, Good Enough is the New Perfect.

Book: Good Enough is the New Perfect

Audio: Social Media & Networking For Businesses (Part 3)

Toby Bloomberg teaches about social media and networking for businesses at Solo Practice University® in a series of Guest Lectures. This lecture was recorded February, 2011.

Audio: Using the D.A.F.T. System to Organize Work Flow

Andrea Cannavina is a legal virtual assistant helping law firms and other service based businesses upgrade to a digital workflow so everyone can work securely from anywhere.

Audio: The Non-Trad Law Grad – Jeff Rutledge

We got such a terrific response from current students and new grads who could relate to the non-trad law grad status. There are so many more than we realize and their experiences are very unique.

The audio is about 45 minutes. Listen or download directly below.
Guest Lecture with Jared Correia