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October 2019
Welcome Ben Schorr to the Affinity Consulting Team
We’re excited to welcome Ben Schorr to the Affinity Consulting Group and Lawyerist team.
Ben brings decades of legal tech experience and a passion for solving problems and helping people work smarter.
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With strategic coaching,
Modern work is rife with interruptions … from urgent client emails and calls to colleagues seeking input. These interruptions fragment our time and attention. Research published in Harvard Business Review by Professors Sophie Leroy and Theresa M. Glomb found that
By Stephanie Everett
At Lawyerist—and our sister company, Affinity Consulting—we closed the company for an entire week. Again.
No Teams. No meetings. No sneaky inbox checks “just in case.” Everyone unplugged. Everyone offline.
And no, it didn’t happen magically.
It
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For attorney Kim Memmesheimer, starting her own firm wasn’t the hard part. Keeping it all running—and knowing what to do next—was.
With support from Lawyerist Lab, Kim found the confidence, structure, and systems she needed to stop reacting and start
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What separates a good law firm website from a great one?Each year, we review hundreds of submissions to our Best Law Firm Websites contest. Many are well-designed, functional, and professional. But only a few go above and beyond to create
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