They were just so averse to
talking to lawyers because they're always worried that it's like, «It's a cop.
She did not
talk to a lawyer because a friend -LSB-...]
«This is a quick way for someone to say «This contract looks OK» or «Time - out, I've got to
talk to the lawyers because it's missing a clause that maybe the government says [is required],»» said Mulholland.
Not exact matches
Ruwe, the employment
lawyer, said people tend
to think that
because their «Facebook friends» are people they know, that they are
talking to a friendly audience.
«Then we went on
to talk about other stuff, but — I hope, uh — you remember that I was not trying
to make you do anything, and — I hope your
lawyer will do something
to help me here,
because this, uh, doesn't look good for me, and I wasn't in this.
«We have started the motion of
talking to our
lawyers to get the processes of filing for contempt
because our relief was
to have the EC not
to accept any filing fee and since they have accepted our filing fee, they are in contempt of the injunction,» Mr Brew Hammond told Citi News.
Another teacher at the school had told a
lawyer in my office that the best time
to visit was during class,
because «that's when I am free
to talk.»
I know most
lawyers that I've
talked to, they want
to set their net promoter score at like 75,
because that's human nature, right?
To say that a lawyer needs to be free to speak of matters in excess of those exceptions just means getting a pass to talk about a client because you want t
To say that a
lawyer needs
to be free to speak of matters in excess of those exceptions just means getting a pass to talk about a client because you want t
to be free
to speak of matters in excess of those exceptions just means getting a pass to talk about a client because you want t
to speak of matters in excess of those exceptions just means getting a pass
to talk about a client because you want t
to talk about a client
because you want
toto.
Talking about how I've gotten
to where I am today and the challenges I face, you have
to go back a little ways with me
because when I came into law school I was 18 - years - old and my idea at the time was I wanted
to be a psychiatrist working with
lawyers.
I spoke with a client today who compared me
to another
lawyer and the client said «you know, it's easier
talking to you,
because you actually have a personality.»
So you and I met the last guest I had too, we met at Ernest Benson's small firm boot camp and we started
talking, and I always really appreciate these very nuanced conferences
because any
lawyer that shows up at these really sort of boutique conferences have a different mindset about the way they approach their practice and the things that they're going
to learn and the things that they're interested in.
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I think that's sort of the reason that I don't like
to talk about Windows that much is
because lawyers are on all these different versions of Windows and it really makes it difficult
to speak consistently about it.
Kevin O'Keefe: In essence it helps
lawyers do a type of work they want
to do for the type of clients they would like
to do it for, and the Internet is a powerful tool in order
to get that work,
because the best
lawyers I've been aware for 35 years practice or 17 and the best work comes by relationships and word - of - mouth, it doesn't come from advertising or pushing your message out and the feeling on most
lawyers» part in most legal marketers» part is that they are
talking about getting attention and that goes back
to the days of Billboards, TV ads, yellow pages that type of thing, which is okay, which you may not have
to resort
to that or
to fall
to that, with the advent of the Internet.
As discussed here in late March, convicted fraudster Allen Stanford recently asked, unsuccessfully, for a new trial
because the court «let reporters send Twitter messages from the courtroom, even while the judge and
lawyers were
talking outside the jury's presence, and failed
to instruct jurors
to stay off Twitter.»
Among other things, Paul helps
lawyers sell their practices, and I wanted
to talk to Paul about valuing a practice
because I felt like I never got a straight answer when I have asked how
to do it.
What he's
talking about is when you're billing somebody monthly for a service, that's a habit and they just do it
because maybe they like you, maybe their loyal
to you, but eventually they go while I'm not really getting the value from this, which is why it's so important for
lawyers to make sure that clients appreciate the value their giving.
I was
talking to one of my
lawyers I think last week and I was asking him how things are going and are you having any client problems and his answer
to me was so telling
because he said I actually really like all my clients right now.
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It had nothing
to do with the phone itself, but
lawyers in that state were
talking far more about Android phones and the competing wireless providers
because of it.
Sam Glover: Okay, and we're back, and Brad you just hinted
to me what we're
talking beforehand about you're working on some mobile legal clinics which is interesting
because I've always wanted
to just drop in and be a
lawyer for free in a neighborhood, or a park, or library, or something and usually it always seems
to make sense
to do it with more structure behind it.
There the bar association represents consumers
to the extent where one
lawyer I was
talking about was basically like, «No, if I ever see the bar association's phone number pop up on my caller ID I'm going
to start trembling
because something's gone wrong.»
Aaron Street: That ended up being a lot of what we
talked about yesterday, was too many
lawyers build their website
because they need a website or want
to rank high in Google
because they've heard they should rank high in Google rather than building their website for the purpose of accomplishing a business goal, which for most
lawyers is getting potential clients
to call them.
Pete Vargas: What I would tell you is, and I think most,
because of how driven
lawyers are definitely by data and case studies and analytics, I think what I'm about
to talk about might be somewhat like, «I don't know about that, Pete.»
It's easier for
lawyers to talk about how they're different and
to offer different types of services so maybe the reason that
lawyers don't have any incentive
to have anything other than inconveniencing clients during the day and forcing them
to come
to drab meeting rooms,
because there's not a whole lot of competition that gives you a benefit if you don't do that.
We
talked about an access
to justice gap, but what people are usually
talking about is an access
to lawyers gap
because there is actually no gap in the number of people who have their legal problems solved.
But I like
to hear that the courts are coming down harder,
because maybe that will make any
lawyer who's about
to do something on purpose, or what I'm about
to ask you in the next segment is maybe bringing more attention
to the types of violations or complaints that they don't even realize or are possibly doing and maybe it's just going
to make us think about it a little bit more if we're
talking about it a little bit more and hearing about harder sorts of actions being taken against these
lawyers.
Right now I'm
talking to the solo and small firm
lawyers about the need
to automate their document process and document assembly,
because I think that's a big topic.
I thought it was odd they brought in a litigator, and I started doing it annually
because I enjoy
talking to corporate
lawyers or securities
lawyers about what you see as a litigator.
Two years ago, I started
talking to lawyers in the in - house community about what they thought of an awards program that would recognize departments that approach how legal works differently — innovating for the future, for the businesses they support, and just
because it made sense
to do so.
«I began the Black Female
Lawyers Network
because when I was called
to the bar I, too, had some unique experiences, just like my dad,
because of the intersection of race and gender and wanted
to talk to another black female
lawyer about it.
I'm also interested
to know if the concept of net promoter score is making end roads in the financial advisement world
because that's something that we
talk about a lot with
lawyers.
Sam Glover: You
talked about analyzing legal issues from TV shows, for example, which some
lawyers do that and I wonder if that is helpful in sort of branding and raising your profile, but I wonder about it in terms of search engine optimization
because people aren't searching for those kinds of legal problems and the kinds of people that come across your post if it goes viral, I mean it sounds awesome
to get thousands or hundreds of thousands of hits on a post, but those aren't clients so I wonder how you think about stuff like that, you know kind of going for publicity seeking posts?
So now this goes back
to what we
talked about a little bit earlier and how important it is
to identify your niche,
because when you think about SEO, there's a lot of
lawyers that have been in the space already.
We like
to talk about Chinese Drywall
because it highlights so very well the important role that civil courts and good trial
lawyers play in getting not - so - easy -
to - come - by justice for people.
For the most part, law firms
talk endlessly about what they do
because they don't always know who they want
to connect with —
lawyers are often unsure of their ideal client.
Then you can present that
to your client and you feel confident that's the right number, they feel confident
because of the reasons we had just
talked about and I think you'll find that a lot of
lawyers will get over that hurdle is whatever system or tools you have, whether it's an Excel file, whether it's your billing system, figure out a wan
na to lay out all your tasks, assign your rate
to it, and then track in real time, so you can really tell, «Does it really take me two hours
to do this task, I always thought it did», but as it turns out it usually takes me three.
Sam Glover: Okay we're back and okay so we've been
talking about what millennial clients want from their
lawyers and I'm sure we just scratched the surface of it but let's flip that
because many of us have
to work in the world and as we started out with millennials are now real people who have jobs and things.
I think they apply whether we're
talking about individuals who definitely are under - served by
lawyers today, but I think it goes all the way up
to the largest clients, too, where there are large corporates that have all these legal needs that aren't being met
because it's just not either packaged or priced in a way that works for them
to get these problems solved.
Parker has
talked to lawyers about filing suit but says they all turned him away
because of the tort law in Oklahoma.
So again,
to me it's more the same, it's that
lawyers are just kind of hanging steady with their relative lack of knowledge of technology, and I'm sorry for those of you who are listening, I am
talking to you,
because you're listening
to this podcast.
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I think that some
lawyers assume that they have
to be super aggressive and the more they try
to batter the other side with words, the more successful they are going
to be and I — this has always surprised me
because if you put a robot and you sit on the bench and you read the brief that you just wrote, you wouldn't like people
talking to you like that.
«Matt Powell guided my wife and I through a very complicated personal injury case and
because of his expertise we were able
to double the amount of claim... Matt is a truly fine
lawyer and I recommend that if you have a personal injury case you must
talk to Matt before you
talk to the insurance companies.
On the other hand,
because applying design
to work traditionally done by
lawyers is a rather new phenomenon, it may be necessary
to speak of legal design (at least in the short term) so that people understand what we're
talking about.
I love
talking to lawyers about it
because I think they are totally unaware of not only what's coming — and it's not necessarily negative, I personally believe it's positive.
John spoke
to me in advance of the conference and explained that he disagrees with the thinking that
because we're
talking about the legal system, we should leave it up
to the
lawyers to fix the access
to justice gap.
Take, for example, «going forward» (as in this statement by a
lawyer quoted in today's Globe and Mail: «[I] f you don't meet the grandfathering criteria you're not going
to get any growth going forward
because your pension is frozen as of that date...»); nearly all of the time you could — and should — omit it; other parts of the sentence do the work for you, making it clear that you're
talking about the future.