Apr 18, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Is there a website domain name that you wish you could get your hands on for your law firm? Have you wondered how to do it? Perhaps someone owns it, but they don’t actually have a website up. That’s the situation I found myself in. The owner had a multi-year registration, but hadn’t posted a [...]
Apr 15, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Years ago I visited a small law firm that was part of an office share arrangement located in Chicago’s Loop. Now I understood that the cost of maintaining an office in the Loop would be prohibitively expensive for many solo and small firms so this was no surprise. What did take me off guard was [...]
Apr 4, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
I keep every scrap of paper I have generated over the past 2.5 years of rezooming my solo practice. Literally! If you are one of those uber-efficient people who read and toss, stop reading this post now. What I have to say does not apply to you. You’re already liberated. However, I have every article [...]
Apr 2, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
“That was great. I didn’t know all that was happening.” Said the coordinator of a recent panel discussion I participated in. “Really?” I thought to myself. “How could you not have known US patent law is changing?” So I asked, “Isn’t that why you wanted me to speak to your organization today?” Well, it turns [...]
Mar 28, 2013 in Guest Bloggers, Solo & Small Firm Practice, Subjective Opinions
I am in awe of my clients. That’s why I chose to represent small business owners exclusively. Because I get jazzed talking to entrepreneurs. Because I adore talking about the issues and practicalities and triumphs and failures these small businesses encounter every single day. I learn more about business from my clients than I ever [...]
Mar 26, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
(Read Evolutions of a Solo Practice – Parts 1- 5 if you’re new to this author) And then it happened… On Monday morning, March 20, 2000, on the second floor of Queens Supreme Court, I had a heart attack. So, March 20th is my 13 year heart attack anniversary. I suppose there are people who get to [...]
Mar 21, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
There’s a big shake up going on in the world of internet domain names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is accepting applications for new generic Top Level Domains (TLDs). Top Level Domains are the second half of your website name – the part that follows the “dot,” such as .com, .net and [...]
Mar 19, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
Any attorney considering focusing his or her practice on providing bilingual legal services will need to solve the problem of document translation. Choosing the right translation service can be crucial to success of a bilingual practice. Just as your clients will speak languages other than English, they may have many non-English documents with important bearing [...]
Mar 14, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
My assistant, Wendy, and I had a heated discussion recently regarding my calendar. “It would help if, instead of just putting stuff for me to do on my calendar at random times, you’d make appointments with the client for me to call them. That way it’s an actual appointment, not just a suggestion,” I said. [...]
Mar 12, 2013 in Guest Bloggers
“The car defines the man.” I never really bought into that saying or others like it. I guess I’ve seen too many guys driving cars around that they thought made them look cool, but in truth made them look silly. Yes, this is a personal opinion, but I strongly suspect that my response to some [...]
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