Although the question might strike as impossible in 2010, it does not go unasked: “Since I’ve just retired as an attorney, What do I do now with the 30 years’ worth of client files that I am keeping in my…
We are pleased to present a guest post from Dorie Clark, who presented on this topic for LOMAP’s Marketing Group this past February 5. Dorie, a marketing and strategy consultant for legal clients, as well as Google, Yale University, and…
I think that I am writing this post both because there was some demand for a Powerpoint presentation I made yesterday, and because I just want to prove to people that I can draft short blog posts with very few…
We are fortunate to welcome back Stephen E. Seckler, principal of Seckler Legal Consulting, for the second edition of his “The Solo and Small Firm Advantage” guest blog post series. Stephen is an attorney coach with twenty years of experience…
Last week, I wrote about the importance of maintaining client contact and of maintaining order surrounding client files, and your docket. As I said then, and as remains true now, this is a topic of primary concern for our clients.…
Now, raise your right hand, and swear. Resolved: That the Attorney Reading This Blog Post Should Significantly Reform His/Her Procedures for Maintaining Client Contact. I’m sorry. You’ve already sworn. No backsies. I mean, anyway, it’s the New Year. (Ding Dong!…
If you’re partial to blog renderings of 2,500 words or more, you’ve likely read through our prior posts on Massachusetts data privacy, which posts can be found here, here, here and here, if you haven’t. If you’re partial to listening…
The new attorney is often savvy enough to realize that the general practice of law is a vestige of the profession. (I far prefer the term “new attorney”, to the term “young attorney”, since, although many new attorneys are young…
The grand Commonwealth of Massachusetts has, of late, taken a serious interest in the protection (from identity theft) of its residents’ private information. This is, to be sure, a good thing, in the abstract, and far better than other objects…
For a recent presentation at the Massachusetts Bar Association covering the startup of an Immigration Law practice (which was, incidentally, really well done, covering, as it did, general, as well as immigration law-specific, topics of interest, this all being a…