Interesting Stuff

What’s the Future of Family Law?

I’m filled with anxiety about the future of family law. It’s changing, and I wonder whether it’s going to cease to exist. It certainly won’t look the same in the near future. Between the document preparation services, online dispute resolution options, non-lawyer ownership of law firms, the flood of new attorneys and resulting price competition, [...]

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Off the Radar

I’m going off the radar…going dark…going on vacation. I’ll be back on January 2, 2012, well rested, relaxed, and ready to go again. In the meantime, have a great holiday, and thanks for reading and for contributing.  

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It’s Your Turn

Dear reader, I need your input. I want to be of use to you, and in order to be useful, I need some feedback. What am I doing right? What am I doing wrong? What would you like more of? What would you like less of? What else can you tell me so that I [...]

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The Best Thank You Gift Ever

I helped a lawyer out a few weeks ago. She wanted to talk about implementing fixed fees in her practice. We chatted for about 30 minutes, and I sent her some client agreement samples. It was a pleasant call, and I felt like I had provided her with some direction that would save her some [...]

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Crash Courses for Running Your Business

American Express Open Forum is a great site for business education. The site has a wealth of articles and videos available for free. They cover everything from marketing to management to finance. Good stuff. Recently the site created a bunch of short online classes called Crash Courses on a range of topics including YouTube Marketing, Perfecting [...]

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What’s Better Than a Free Webinar?

Do you have a burning question you want answered about running your practice? At one of our recent webinars, I conducted a poll asking you what you’d like as the topic of the next webinar. We got a bunch of positive responses for an open Q&A session. We could do that, but it’s challenging to [...]

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Traveling? How Will You Get There?

One of the guys on our team is moving to Buenos Aires for a few months. It’s one of the benefits of our new distributed model. Some of our folks can work from anywhere. This particular employee is going to spend about three months in Argentina and then head to Thailand. In planning his location-independent lifestyle, [...]

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to me. I’m 50 today. Halfway through the game? Maybe, maybe not. My dad died when he was 56, my grandfather earlier than that. We have a family history of heart disease. I had quintuple bypass surgery when I was 37 after experiencing a minor heart attack (in court during a custody trial). [...]

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