Annual Planning For Lawyers – Reference Guide
Note: This guide has been revised and updated for 2019. I was walking around a shopping center in early November and there were already Christmas decorations hung up everywhere. Thanksgiving seems like it has almost been completely subsumed by the winter...
How To Build A 20 Year Relationship With Your Clients
In 1993, I walked into an outdoor equipment store looking for a pair of rock climbing pants. I had just been climbing and rappelling a week before and promptly decided that I was going to take up rock climbing. I was young and taking up a hobby every three months....
Do You Need To Have A Red Team?
Litigation can be a battle. You marshal your forces and attack the opposing party. But there is a long lead time from the filing of a lawsuit to the commencement of a trial. During that time you lay out your strategy. How to approach the case, handle witnesses,...
Questions About Going Solo By A New Attorney – A Solo Quickstart Guide
Over on Reddit at the private, lawyers-only subreddit r/lawyers, a new lawyer with some experience under his belt had some questions about starting a solo practice. This was my response: I’d second myshingle.com as a good resource if you’re thinking about...
A Gentleman’s Watch: A Devotion to the Minutia
There has been a bit of a discussion in legal blogs over the appropriate attire for lawyers (particularly men). It began with a post on Above The Law by Joe Patrice, This Partner Wants You To Dress Up So You Can Be A Tool Just Like Him: There’s something to be said...Sidebar
