January 2011

Your Office Is Not for You

It’s time to move office space. You’re designing the space, meeting with the architect, and picking out colors. It’s exciting. It’s critical that you keep one this one thing in mind as you plan your new space… Your office is not for you. Your office is for your clients. Sure, it’s nice to have a [...]

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A Great Place to Learn New Stuff

I love learning new things. I’ve found that I’ve got to keep learning just to stay even. It’s kind of overwhelming given the constant flow of new family law information. And keeping up with family law is only part of the battle. To run a practice today, you’ve got to keep up with marketing, management, [...]

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Is Your Search Engine Optimizer a Scumbag?

We’re inundated with solicitations from search engine optimization vendors. I’m sure they’re calling you too. They make wild promises about moving our rank up on Google to first place. I think they’re mostly full of crap. I retract that (the crap part)—not entirely—but to an extent. I actually think some of them deliver a valuable service. Some [...]

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See One, Do One, Teach One

In teaching hospitals, they say, “See one, do one, teach one.” Every student should watch, do, and then teach. It is, after all, a “teaching” hospital. It’s a learning environment where the outcome is critical, and teaching new skills is essential. They’ve built a learning culture that has created, as the politicians like to say, [...]

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The Most Dangerous Client

Lots of commentators have advised you on the clients to avoid. They come in various shapes and sizes. There’s the one who has had three lawyers before you. Trouble. There’s the one who has unrealistic expectations. Trouble. There’s the one who wants nothing but revenge. Trouble. There’s the one who says “money’s no object.” Trouble. [...]

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Be Careful Who You Imitate

Lawyers are conformists. I’m not sure why, but it’s clear that we copy one another. As a profession, we’re like a freaking Xerox machine. One copy, another, another, another… The problem is that we sometimes copy the wrong lawyers. We pick bad models, and we spew out a whole bunch of clones all doing the [...]

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Free Software from the Web Store

Back in December, Google introduced its new Web Store. It’s a site you can visit with the Chrome browser and download applications. It’s not like downloading apps for your smartphone where software is literally downloaded and installed. Generally, the Chrome apps are websites that are bookmarked in your browser. Sometimes a bit of software is [...]

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Eight Steps to Being the Best Lawyer in Town

What are you going to do to become a better practitioner in 2011? What action steps will you take to help you better understand your area of the law? Many lawyers will simply handle the cases that come through the door and learn as they go. When an issue arises, they’ll do the research and [...]

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