Camille Stell is President of Lawyers Mutual Consulting and Services, offering succession planning, business development coaching, keynote presentations and more. Continue this conversation by contacting Camille at camille@lawyersmutualconsulting.com or 800.662.8843.
Clients are more aggressive about speaking out for what they want than ever before. Many times, our clients may have been unhappy, but they were using the only lawyer in town or the only lawyer who specialized in the field where they had legal needs. Today, there is seemingly a lawyer on every corner. More than… Read More
Q&A with Camille Stell regarding best practices for a successful law firm succession plan and retirement. Read More
Attending conferences is a big investment of money and time. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your investment. Prepare ahead. Advance flights and early bird registration is often your biggest cost saver. There may also be programs or special events that fill up in advance of the conference r… Read More
Stress is a common theme when talking with lawyers and legal professionals. The nature of our work often puts us in stressful situations – demanding clients, tight time constraints and adversarial situations. Here are a few tips for avoiding stress. First, be careful in client selection. You probably ha… Read More
Have you attended a strategic planning session? Was it helpful? Did you leave with a plan? Are you working the plan? I’ve participated in many such planning sessions with various law firms, practice groups in law firms or legal associations. Why do some of them work better than others? Perhaps it’… Read More
I recently heard a speaker extoling the virtues of an effortless experience. Jack Newton, the CEO of Clio (a cloud based practice management platform) spoke about offering clients an effortless experience. We have heard the customer service theme often repeated “delight your customer”. Jack takes t… Read More
Congratulations newly licensed lawyers. Your hard work has been rewarded. However, for some of you, the job search is still ongoing. Here are a few tips to consider. Attend every networking opportunity that comes your way. Consider having cards printed with your contact information so you’ll be able to p… Read More
Do you need help deciphering marketing jargon and understanding analytics? Are you promoting your law firm on a shoestring budget? If so, register now for the DIY Legal Marketing Workshop to be held August 7 at Campbell Law School. Legal marketing professionals from the Triangle will be sharing tips designed f… Read More
This is a time of change in the legal profession. Last week, the NC Bar Association held a “Convocation on the Future of the Delivery of Legal Services in NC”. You can see a summary of the program on Twitter or Storify by viewing the hashtags #NCFutures #NCBAorg #ABAFutures Trends that were discuss… Read More
Law Firm Succession: Secrets to a Successful Transition or Sale of a Law Practice from Lawyers Mutual NC on Vimeo. Are you in the time frame viewed as traditional retirement years, but haven’t given firm succession a passing thought? If so, we have a CLE program for you. Join us on Wednesday May 20 f… Read More
If you want to see some staggering statistics, look no further than the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Percentage of annual revenues lost to theft or fraud – 5% Median amount of loss - $145,000 Median period of time fraud occurred before being caught – 18 months Percentage of employee… Read More
I had lunch with a friend recently who is exploring new career opportunities. Nothing is wrong with her job; she’s just ready for a change, but not sure how to get started. Here are some tips I shared with her to help during the transition. Weak ties I heard about the concept of “weak ties”… Read More
Today I wanted to hire a lawyer. I looked up 13 lawyers by name and couldn’t find websites for 9 of them. How do you expect people to find you without a website? For most of the 9 lawyers, I did find a generic listing on a website such as yellowpages.com, lawyers.com or yelp.com, however, I didn’t … Read More
The landscape of the legal profession has drastically changed in recent years. Instead of asking students what area of practice they plan to pursue, the question may become “what do you plan to do with your law degree”? Wednesday, October 15th, the North Carolina Bar Association through its Center … Read More
“40 Under 40”, “Best Triangle Workplace”, “Leaders in the Law.” If you read any business publication or belong to any association or business Chamber, you know the awards business is big. Here are a few tips for submitting a winning nomination. Why nominate? Writing good nom… Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.