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Who’s Your Cheerleader When Your Law Practice is Floundering?
This past weekend, I ran my seventh consecutive Race for Hope which raises funds for brain cancer research – a cause close to my heart. The race is only five kilometers, a distance that I’ve ably tackled before but this…
Make Money Monday: Should Lawyers Use TikTok?
In the past four years, the social media platform TikTok grew exponentially, now boasting a billion users a month averaging 850 minutes on the app. Interesting data, but should lawyers be using Tiktok? You might be inclined to respond “hell…
Many Regulators Have Traded In Outdated Rules on Law Firm Trade Names – Yet Most Lawyers Don’t Realize It
LegalZoom. HelloDivorce. HelloPreNup. One reason that we as lawyers know that these companies aren’t law firms is because they operate under trade names – which many jurisdictions traditionally prohibited lawyers from using. Of course, the public doesn’t know anything about…
Make Money Mondays: Buy Annette Choti’s Click Magnet
Fifteen years ago, I was one of the first handful of forward-looking lawyers to embrace the Internet as a tool for marketing a solo or small firm practice. For starters, robust websites, blogs and social media enabled lawyers to really…
Catching Up With Briefcatch – A Superpowered Editing Tool
Back in 2018, I reviewed Briefcatch, a supercool word add-on editing tool invented by legal writing guru Ross Guberman that that makes intelligent proofing and style suggestions and assigns a grade to your writing. While I raved about the product…
Watch Me Start a Law Firm So I Can Help You Start YOUR Law Firm!!!
So. Are you interested in starting your own law firm, but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you went a little further and registered for a CLE on starting a firm only to find that the program devolved…
Plan Your Law Firm, Courtesy of Canva
If you’ve read my stuff, you know I’m not a fan of a formal business plan as a prerequisite to starting a law firm. For starters, in today’s fast changing world, a business plan can change even as you’re writing…
Mom-Owned Law Series: Jessica Markham, Bethesda, MD Family Law Attorney
Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Jessica Markham, a family law attorney in Bethesda, Maryland. What is your name? Jessica Markham Law School attended and year of graduation. University of Miami, 2005 Name, location(s) and…
Mom-Owned Law Series: Katherine Kim, Grapevine, TX Attorney
Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Katherine “Kate” Kim, an Estate planning, business law, intellectual property, and transactional law attorney in Grapevine, TX. What is your name? Katherine Kim Law School attended and year of…