Practice of Law
6 Winning Ways to Follow-Up With Prospects
Right now – as you’re reading this – you might be sitting on a motherlode of new business that’s just waiting to be reeled in. This goldmine consists of prospective cl… Read More
Practice of Law
Practice of Law
Practice Points with Mark Scruggs – Counting the Statute Of Limitations and Other Time Periods
Have you ever wondered about this as you approached the statute of limitations for filing a personal injury action: Is the statute of limitations counted in days or years? At Lawyers Mutual, w… Read More
Risk Management
Lawyer Disciplined for Billing More Than 3,100 hours
Here’s some risk management advice: if you tell your firm you worked 3,173 billable hours and more than 700 nonbillable hours in a single year – including billing for depositions y… Read More
Business of Law
14 Tips for Supercharging Your Workday
Don’t look now, but we’re entering the second quarter of 2020. I know, I know. It seems like the year just started, and here we are welcoming the first buds and blossoms of Spring… Read More
Practice of Law
Everyone Loses in Fee Fights with Clients
Here’s a risk management tip: always go the extra mile to resolve fee disputes with your clients without resorting to litigation. If you sue your client to collect the unpaid fee, there… Read More
Business of Law
6 Tips for Empowering Your Team
Great ideas for growing your practice could be going unnoticed because your employees are too afraid or apathetic to speak up. Even worse, their sense of disempowerment may keep your firm mir… Read More
Risk Management
ABA Toolkit Provides Blueprint for Wellness Program
Well-being is a smart business proposition that will bring many benefits: a healthier, happier law firm, a roster of satisfied clients, and a blossoming bottom line. But getting there won&rsq… Read More
Education & Careers
Succession Seminar Offers Tips for Retirement and Beyond
The biggest mistake lawyers in small firms make as they contemplate retirement is not hiring an expert to guide them along the way. Instead, they try to do it all themselves. Even worse, they… Read More
Risk Management
Read This Ethics Opinion Before Touting “Super Lawyer” Status
Before you advertise your inclusion in a “Best Lawyers” or “Super Lawyers” list, make sure you know what the State Bar has to say about the matter. In 2018 Formal Ethi… Read More
Risk Management
Practice Points with Mark Scruggs: Rule 36 Request for Admissions
Today’s practice point is on Rule 36 Request for Admissions. Not a month goes by that we don’t have an insured call to report that they’ve missed the deadline for responding … Read More
