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Management

How To Spend Your Money (New Solo Week – Day 5)

Welcome to the final day of New Solo Week. While it won’t be New Solo Week next week, I’ll keep thinking about you and I’m confident that you’ll find value in every article going forward. It’s tough to build a family law practice, but it can be done. Welcome to the club and I hope [...]

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How Much Should You Work? (New Solo Week – Day 4)

All week I’ve been talking to lawyers new to starting a family law practice. I’ve been getting quite a few comments here on the site and even more feedback via phone calls and emails. Hopefully, you’re getting some value from these posts. I’ve been told, repeatedly, that these New Solo articles are applicable to practitioners [...]

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Why Do Some Crappy Lawyers Have Happy Clients?

I know one personally. She’s a terrible lawyer. She can’t read and understand a court opinion. She misreads statutes. She’s an embarrassment in court. Her pleadings are poorly drafted. Her correspondence is filled with errors. She says things in chambers that make her look like an idiot. Her objections are overruled. Her court appearances are [...]

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Do You Have a System for Not Having a System?

You’ve got a system for everything, right? If not, then you’re currently building systems for everything, right?
I’ve seen some great procedures manuals assembled by law firms. They’re the core of your practice. It’s critical that you have things written down.
But, what happens when you don’t have a system for dealing with something that comes up? [...]

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