practice management tips
An Efficient System for Hiring Junior Attorneys and Support Staff in a Small Law Firm
Running an effective firm depends heavily on finding and using leverage. There just aren’t enough hours in the day for firm owners to do everything that needs to get done. Unavoidably, we need people to help us execute on our vision. Over the course of my career, I’ve managed pretty big teams a couple of…
Read MoreMastering Outlook Tools to Organize Your Inbox
I got an email this week from an insured who is facing a relatable and common problem for lawyers in 2024: he is in the middle of a big matter involving lots of people inside and outside his firm (clients, experts, opposing counsel, and so on) and he is just getting buried in a blizzard…
Read MoreLet’s Get Practical: Keys to Help Lawyers Avoid Malpractice
The legal profession is filled with complex rules and law students spend three years learning to analyze legal problems and find solutions for their client. As I learned during my internship that one of the most common claims filed against lawyers is a missing a statute of limitations – well, it intrigued me. I wondered what could be so hard about not missing a deadline. I…
Read MoreTo Do or Not To Do
A cogent argument could be made that I am not the *perfect* person to write an article on productivity, to-do lists, and generally getting things done. I am not proud to say, I have spent (wasted?) hours and hours of my life reading and rereading books, articles and columns on productivity trying to find the…
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