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Do You Want To Start Your Own Law Practice?
If you just graduated law school, you may be thinking about starting your own practice. Before I continue let me say you need to be concentrating on passing the bar. I have a couple of comments about the bar exam in a postscript at the end of this blawg post. For many new lawyers, starting [...]
I’ve been getting some questions about what I mean when I talk about my areas of law practice — Cash Flow, Conflicts and Compliance. And what those areas mean to business owners. This post will explain the law — Cash Flow, Conflicts and Compliance — as it applies to business owners. Looking to the Past [...]
Liberty Or Safety. The Choice Is Yours.
I have been reading and hearing comments about the status of our rights. Since 9/11, everyone has increased awareness and concern for public safety. The media and our elected representatives have created tension between our liberty and our safety. So I am writing this long post to give you a quick primer on the subject. [...]
I just read the current issue of Louisville Bar Briefs (the newspaper of the Louisville Bar Association). Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Lisabeth Hughes Abramson talks about the job prospects for newly-admitted attorneys. The job prospects are not good. This week I received more than one email talking about lawyers helping out at Pro Se divorce [...]
Is Your Law Practice Growing? Or Dying?
I was watching a special on the History Channel about the Grand Canyon. How the Earth was Made — Grand Canyon Mountains grow. They grow from volcanism or from plate tectonics. When the mountains stop growing they begin to die. Wind and water erode them. As they erode they fill up the valleys at their [...]
To Grow Your Practice, Burn Your Bridges!
Growing your law practice takes what is euphemistically called “intestinal fortitude.” It can be an uncomfortable experience. It is uncomfortable because we must leave our comfort zones. To break out of your comfort zones, Burn Your Bridges. Your comfort zones are created by the 3 bridges you have built: 1. The Bridge of Comfort 2. [...]
How Do You Look?
As attorneys we need to maintain a good outlook and attitude. And staying positive can be difficult. If you are a litigator, when the telephone rings it is never good news. Plaintiffs don’t call when they have no complaint. Defendants don’t call and say “I haven’t been sued.” (Or arrested.) Transactional practice has its pitfalls [...]
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