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I recently had breakfast with my friend, Toni. Toni is more than a friend, actually: she is one of my very best friends, my client, my co-conspirator, a trusted business advisor, and co-author of a book we’re working on (that’s a whole other column). We meet for breakfast about once a week to check in with […]
“I send out this simple, straight-forward email, then I get all this negative reaction. I don’t get it.” ~ A frustrated and bewildered lawyer Misconstrued Emails Lawyers that I coach report this to me a lot. Emails are informal and easy to send quickly, so we often zip them off without rereading them to see […]
A friend of mine, Jay Foonberg, is writing the sixth edition of his book on helping solos. He asked if I would reach out and ask you directly if you would be so kind as to answer one question: If there was just one course you wish you had taken prior to law school that […]
(This is a three part series. Read: ‘A Profession If You Can Keep It: Part I – Setting the Stage’ and Part II – The End of Lawyers (Or Something) How Information Technology and Fading Borders Are Reshaping the Law Marketplace and What We Should Do About It Part III — What Should We Do? […]
Engagement letters seem to be one of those documents that most attorneys intellectually appreciate the value of but often underutilize. The letter simply isn’t in consistent use day to day and the excuses run the gamut. I often hear “Repeat clients would be offended,” “They take more time than their worth, particularly with flat fee […]
(This is a three part series. Read: ‘A Profession If You Can Keep It: Part I – Setting the Stage’) How Information Technology and Fading Borders Are Reshaping the Law Marketplace and What We Should Do About It According to Professor Stephen Gillers of NYU School of Law, “[d]evelopments“ external to law practice and the […]
Donna Chesteen will teach a course called eDiscovery for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers. Donna Chesteen, a founding member of The Tech Law Firm, PLLC, is a licensed attorney in both Florida and Mississippi. She has more than two decades of software engineering experience and was a technical leader at Symantec prior to becoming an […]
Oftentimes, rezooming attorneys may want to start out as an associate with a solo or small firm practice because they feel their skills are rusty. This means you will have to sit down and be asked questions. (These questions are great for the solo practitioner interviewing perspective hires, too!). This inevitably leads to that pesky […]
How Information Technology and Fading Borders Are Reshaping the Law Marketplace and What We Should Do About It In late April, I went back to NYU School of Law for Reunion. The proceedings included presentations on hot-button topics for alumni. A “must” for me was the presentation by Stephen Gillers, Elihu Root Professor of […]
Looking back, she can clearly see that it was too good to be true. But when she opened that email message, April Frazier thought the case might be just what she needed to get her practice on track. The prospective client, Eddie Barrington, was seeking Frazier’s help in enforcing a worker’s compensation settlement. Barrington claimed […]
Why Going Solo as a Young Attorney Could Be the Best Decision Ever with Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University®.
On this episode of New Solo from the Legal Talk Network, Adriana Linares interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about how to stay motivated throughout the process of starting a solo law practice.
Motivation in life is very important. I share seminal moments which have shaped me as a human being and helped me become who I am today.
On this podcast from Lawpreneur Radio, Miranda McCroskey interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about perceptions of fear, failure and other issues facing solos.
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