From potential conflicts of interest to exposing your employer to malpractice to dealing with accusations of using company time for your benefit,
running a law firm on the side is never a good idea.
Created by lawyers specifically for lawyers, Zola Suite is an efficient practice management tool that seamlessly places all the functions crucial to
running a law firm on a single integrated platform that everyone in your firm can access.
Back in the 80s and 90s,
running a law firm on a Mac was for the die - hard, «think - different» attorneys.
Not exact matches
The
firm runs professional development programs
on everything from legal topics like international tax
law and corporate bankruptcy to «soft skills» like persuasive speaking.
Murtagh, who also
ran for Yonkers Mayor, is currently a partner in the
law firm of Gaines & Novick in White Plains and a political commentator
on News 12 and WVOX Radio.
Donohue said instead of cutting resources to teachers and support staff who keep schools
running, the state would be better off eliminating the financial perks school districts have been lavishing
on law firms they hire to represent them against their workers.
The
law firm of Chris McGrath, the Long Island Republican
running in the crucial April 19 special election, once represented a firefighter fired by NYC after riding
on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.
Since declining to seek a fourth term — ostensibly so he could focus
on a possible
run for president — the 69 - year - old moderate Republican has launched a consulting
firm and joined Chadbourne and Parke, a New York City - based
law firm.
China already has
laws requiring
firms to
run identity checks
on net users, but the...
ALBANY - The
law firm of a Long Island Republican
running in a crucial state Senate special election once represented a firefighter fired by the city after riding
on a Labor Day parade float that reenacted the dragging death of a black man.
Bratton — who
ran his own
law enforcement consulting
firm, the Bratton Group, before taking over the NYPD's top job last January — raked in more than $ 53,000 while working with Wasserman
on a contract with the Baltimore Police Department in 2013.
This is the space that I know the most about and the area that I've studied and worked
on over my career, starting from a public interest
law firm experience at the Institute for Justice, [then] the Heritage Foundation, the White House, and the U.S. Department of Education
running the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
... any county with a population of 200,000 or more may regulate or prohibit the
running at large of dogs within said county, and cause such dogs as may be
running at large to be impounded... Any person,
firm or corporation who violates any rule or regulation... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the
laws of this state in any court of competent jurisdiction, provided that in the case of continuing offenses, each day
on which the offense occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
ONE recent afternoon in the offices of the Midtown
law firm run by David Boies and his powerful litigation partners, a large black clamshell box sat
on a conference table.
Small
Firm Innovation is a resource by, for and about solo and small firm lawyers, and it provides insights and advice on the realities of running a law pract
Firm Innovation is a resource by, for and about solo and small
firm lawyers, and it provides insights and advice on the realities of running a law pract
firm lawyers, and it provides insights and advice
on the realities of
running a
law practice.
Far more than a customer service letdown, this paper
runs the numbers to illustrate the real world impact that poor intake can have
on your
law firm's bottom line.
Scalability — from the phone system to other information systems — is often the last thing
on an attorney's mind as they start a small or solo
law firm, especially if they haven't
run a business before.
Read
on for all the details... Lawyers and staff at Ontario family
law firm Russell Alexander were proud to participate in the CIBC
Run for the Cure at the... more»
The thing that confuses most people, regardless whether they
run a
law firm or a clothing boutique, is what they should post
on Twitter.
«7 Best Practices for
Law Firm Website Carousels Main Client Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane Launches New
Law Firm Website
Running on Drupal»
«Client Ademi & O'Reilly Launches New
Law Firm Website
Running on Drupal Main Four Poor Navigational Choices for
Law Firm Websites That Drive Visitors Away»
Many
law firm and lawyer blogs
run on Word Press, which we find is an excellent platform if you (or an employee or hired gun) have the technical skills to deploy and manage it.
More specifically, I'd like to suggest you
run a secret shopper survey
on your
law firm.
These are essential skills and areas of knowledge that may have formerly been learned
on the job as a young associate, but now that so many recent graduates are hanging out their own shingles immediately after graduation and
firms are seeking young lawyers who need less training and can hit the ground
running,
law schools need to pick up the slack and provide this education.
Note: you can easily
run the same test
on your own
law firm email newsletters or alerts if you are using email marketing software that allows multivariate testing where you split your lists into random «nth name» segments and distribute different versions of the relevant newsletter or alert to each segment.
«Client Gilbride, Tusa, Last & Spellane Launches New
Law Firm Website
Running on Drupal Main Is Your
Law Firm Website Copy Client - Centric (Good) or Lawyer - Centric (Bad)?»
Launches New Tax
Law Blog
Running on WordPress Main 7 Best Practices for
Law Firm Website Carousels»
«Flash Holiday Cards for
Law Firms for 2011 Main Client DeMont & Breyer Launches New
Law Firm Website
Running on Drupal»
As a small business owner I understand the challenges
law firms face in trying to bring in clients while staying focused
on running your practice at the same time.
They have difficulty believing that
law firms are often a conveyor belt
on which it seems partners just have to
run faster and faster every year until they collapse or are rudely ejected.
If your
law firm requires it, we can train you or your law firm staff on how to use our equipment or you can hire Law Father's professional in - court trial support staff to run it a
law firm requires it, we can train you or your
law firm staff on how to use our equipment or you can hire Law Father's professional in - court trial support staff to run it a
law firm staff
on how to use our equipment or you can hire
Law Father's professional in - court trial support staff to run it a
Law Father's professional in - court trial support staff to
run it all.
A focus
on lawyerless growth and
on the creation of unique client experiences will force a change in the role of IT personnel in
law firms; they will morph from being someone who simply keeps the system secure and
running, to being explorers working hand - in - glove with all team members to create a better client experience.
This brief presentation will take you through step - by - step
on how to
run a successful social campaign for your
law firm.
Created by two trusted names in
law firm management consulting, Karen MacKay of Phoenix Legal Inc. and Stephen Mabey of Applied Strategies Inc., the survey is aimed at
firms with 100 or fewer lawyers and will provide benchmarks
on key performance indicators that can be used by
firms to make informed decisions about
running their businesses.
This reportedly sparked a «
run on the bank» as more than 30 senior partners cashed in their partnership equity and moved to other
law firms with their clients (4).
Posts cover news and offer commentary
on America's largest
law firms and the partners who
run them.
The international
law firm has been appointed to advise TTXGP Ltd, which is
running the event
on the Isle of Man TT circuit in June 2009.
But two attorneys have offered me advice
on practicing
law in addition to
running a
firm.
Your
law firm runs on data: client files, memos, client information, research, etc..
It's not the first time this has been canvassed here
on Slaw, as John Gregory's post from earlier this year attests, but since I recently prepared materials for a webinar
on social media as evidence, and in the course of that started a trial
run of X1 Social Discovery (which is what the Department of Justice, RCMP, and at least two major Canadian
law firms are... [more]
I participate in a number of seminars the
firm runs for our local authority, central government and private sector clients, delivering training
on construction
law and infrastructure matters.
Here at MyCase, we strive to provide solo and small
firm attorneys with lots of useful advice and information
on how to efficiently and effectively
run a successful
law practice.
One of the key trends we have observed in the finance division here at Totum is the heavier reliance of
law firm management teams
on their finance departments to provide improved management information and analysis and give more insight into how the business is being
run.
RH:
Law schools should offer courses on how to operate a law firm, including the practical, financial and client service aspects of running a practi
Law schools should offer courses
on how to operate a
law firm, including the practical, financial and client service aspects of running a practi
law firm, including the practical, financial and client service aspects of
running a practice.
Not that we need proof of that, but then
law firms will insist
on trying to
run themselves as if they are «normal» businesses (rather than flat, low - hierarchy collegial collectives) so these days I don't shy away from pointing out this curiosity.
I'm a business person who was at Hewlett - Packard for 26 years and then helped to
run a
law firm as an executive and CMO, and so I got involved
on both sides of it, which is really helpful for what I do now.
E-discovery is becoming more
run of the mill with even small
law firms working
on small matters accepting that the contents of their clients» computers are just as important as the contents of their filing cabinets.
As time went
on, the model provided tremendous lessons in consumer behavior, lawyer behavior and the economics of
running even a lean
law firm, but the model needed to adapt to become more economically viable.
If they had a better understanding of how some
law firms are
run, I think they'd be shocked at what's actually going
on.
One is we continue to be concerned about the devastatingly low utilization rate we see in the legal profession which is
on average around 25 % which means that the average lawyer, if they're working an average eight - hour workday is actually only getting around two and a quarter billable hours out the door everyday which just makes the economics of
running a
law firm very, very challenging.