Should I partner with another attorney when starting my practice? This is a question often asked by young lawyers who want to go solo. However, few of the young lawyers seeking a response to this oft-asked question are really looking for a partner.

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Audacious Humility I first heard this term, having the right amount of audacity and humility, last weekend as I attended my son, Drew's final comps in film.  He is graduating in May from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California with a Bachelor of Arts in Film.  As a requirement of graduation he had to create an original [...]

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Last month's column on flat fee billing sparked a passionate debate. It also raised a lot of questions and had readers asking me for more details on exactly how I set my fees. So I am diving back int to he fray to go into more detail. First and foremost, let me say that, while [...]

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This post was written by Bob Minto and has been reprinted with permission. Link to original article. Robert W. Minto, Jr. has served as President and CEO and Director of ALPS Corporation since 1987. He also serves as President and CEO of Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc., A Risk Retention Group; Peak Investment Management Ltd; [...]

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In 2000 Mel Gibson starred in a movie called “What Women Want” in which a freak accident caused his character, Nick Marshall, to suddenly have the ability to hear women’s unspoken thoughts. He initially found it to be a very disconcerting experience, because (1) he discovered that he had some erroneous assumptions, and (2) women’s [...]

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Since the iPad's introduction in the Spring of 2010, more than 40 million units have been sold, and although coming a bit late to the party, the avalanche of other tablets are beginning to sell briskly with 1.2 million sold in the first 10 months of 2011.  This cultural phenomenon has quickly come to our [...]

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In my most recent posts, I have discussed a variety of attorney marketing methods. But given the uncertainties of marketing, one often wishes there was a better way. What if, instead of marketing, we could rely on a free service guaranteed to bring us clients? All you would need to do is sign up, sit back, [...]

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You may be wondering why I picked this title for my March installment of "The Rezooming Attorney". It is an interesting choice. We attorneys are hares, wanting things done, impatient when things don't happen or they don't happen soon enough for us. That's where this rezooming article comes in. When you decide to rezoom your [...]

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In case you haven't noticed, I have beef with the whole billable hours thing. I have heard all the arguments in favor of billing by the hour, and I have heard all the arguments against it, and at the end of the day it comes down to this: whose side are we on anyway? Under [...]

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One benefit to my making the move to Australia over the winter holidays is that it is already typically a slow period for my law practice, with my small business-owning clients finishing up the holiday shipping rush and then celebrating with their own families.  I had already informed all of my current clients about my [...]

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