Practice Management

I Am A Flaming Liberal But This Is Just Plain Stupid!

Posted on July 30, 2008
Maybe you should make that a flamed broiled liberal. But, this news upsets me. As you might have heard, Los Angeles has placed a ban on fast food establishment in its poor areas. Do not get me wrong. We all eat too much of this junk. We -- especially me and Roger Moore for that matter -- are too damn fat...

Bar Exam Time - It Will Drive You Insane

Posted on July 30, 2008
YUK!! I do not know anybody that really liked the bar exam. But, many of those of us who are a little better established now forget that we are in the middle of bar exam season. (Or, maybe we just do not want to remember -- post traumatic stress and all of that)...

Elon University School Of Law

Posted on July 30, 2008
There are new choices for those wanting to attend law school every day, and this is especially so in North Carolina. I recently posted about Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, it is time to highlight Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina...

Ella Sings "Georgia On My Mind"

Posted on July 29, 2008
It is a beautiful sunny day in The Woodlands. Looking out of my window, it is hard to stay focused on work. So, I am trying to fight through the urge not to work, and I am listening to Ella.

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Voicemail Is Dead!

Posted on July 29, 2008
Michael Arrington and The Greatest American Lawyer are right. Voicemail is at least on the precipice overlooking its grave, at least in the business environment. I do not think it will take much of a push to send it over the edge. As Michel Arrington states in his article on TechCrunch: "Typical voicemail messages today include things like 'Please don?t leave me a voicemail, I rarely listen to them...

This Ain't Cuil

Posted on July 28, 2008
It is pronounced "cool", and it is the new Internet search engine of Anna Patterson. Her last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She now thinks she has invented an even better search engine with Cuil...

Self Helpless

Posted on July 28, 2008
I understand that this is SEP (someone else's problem), but I have spoken or communicated with a number of lawyers lately that just cannot seem to get out of their house, out of their office, on the phone, on the net, or anywhere else to get their practice off the ground...

I Feel Like I Have Not Accomplsihed Squat

Posted on July 27, 2008
Randy Pauscher has died. Below is his "last lecture". Funny and smart. Today, as I have been trying to mask the fact that I am strangely ill today, ticking off my wife who does not like symptoms, and trying to get past it, I watched this video and thought (1) I do not have real problems, and (2) I have not accomplished squat in my first 50 years...

For Your Weekend - Michael Bublé - Feeling Good

Posted on July 27, 2008

Textpectation

Posted on July 27, 2008
We all know by going to movies or renown restaurants and the like that your treatment or experience of the theater, the restaurant or whatever is just as important as the content of the food itself. Politics is much the same way. Policy is important, but meeting expectations is critical to success...

Critical Ass

Posted on July 26, 2008
Typically this terms means the state in fat accumulation when fabric can no longer contain the enormity of one's buttocks. However, in the practice of law (or in the conducting of any business for that matter) I think in can also refer to a state in lawyers (and a few judges I guess) when the fabric of their fake, for the benefit of the court, disposition can no longer restrain their otherwise abhorrent, obnoxious, malignant, repugnant, or simply ugly personality or behavior...

When I Suggested We Downsize, I Really Was Did Not Mean ...

Posted on July 24, 2008
Look, I agree, and I have advocated for years, that all of us need to downsize our practices, our homes, our home offices to a level that is not so ... well ... ostentatious, or chichi, extravagant, showy, or not flamboyant, or I guess pompous. Why? It is just not necessary...

You Cannot Rampage More Than A Couple Hours A day - Executricks

Posted on July 23, 2008
Fortune Magazine's blogger Stanley Bing or CBS' Gil Schwartz -- call him what you will, he's interviewed by WallStrip's Julie Alexandra and talks about his new book, Executricks. Schwartz calls Attila the Hun one of his favorite "executricksters," saying, "You can't rampage more than a couple of hours a day, you have to have grog...

Rational Market?

Posted on July 19, 2008
I have to admit that I have always been more interested in the average Doug Jones than the Dow Jones average, but then I am just a common guy. But, the big drop in Google stock price is just proof positive that the stock market is gambling with all of the precision of betting on a horse race...

Screw The Scales Of Justice -- Lawyers Need To Go To Online Video

Posted on July 19, 2008
Okay! Okay! I am guilty of avoiding it myself. So, who am I to preach? Besides, such language. And, who taught me to talk this way? My mother is likely to wash my mouth out with soap. But, here is the thing. In lawyer marketing I am so sick and tired of viewing the scales of justice...

Do Not Chase After Cases And Clients You Do Not Want

Posted on July 19, 2008
I have said it time and again. Life is to short going through it looking homely, tired and ugly. And yet I get calls and emails every day from attorneys, especially new attorneys or those just going into private practice, that feel a little uneasy and want to start chasing clients and cases they do not really want...

I Feel Somewhat Vindicated

Posted on July 19, 2008
It is all over the legal press like it is something new and amazing -- and it is amazing. A law firm that is virtual, it is web-based and it forgoes bricks and mortar, and where all of the attorneys work from home. Wow, I wish I had thought of that. But, I can tell you what makes me feel better about the new kid on the block -- Virtual Law Partners (VLP)...

I Do Not Do That -- You Do -- What Do You Want Me To Do?

Posted on July 17, 2008
I am always playing around with a new market idea, a new niche, a new practice area (maybe with a twist). First, I am intrigued by this. Second, I have made the best choices in my career thinking not necessarily outside of the box but around it. But, here is the truth of the matter...

Worried About The Marketability Of Your Home Office

Posted on July 15, 2008
If you are a Third Wave lawyer you home means so much to you. You probably not only live there, it is the source or hub of your work-life balance or blending, but you probably also work at home much of the time. As such, if you are concerned about selling your home office - hence your home - in this market, or just want to make sure you keep it marketable for when the market turns around, this video provides some tips.

The Treadmill Workstation

Posted on July 15, 2008
Man - o -man, I cannot even walk and chew gum at the same time. Heck, I cannot even much run. So, it is beside me how I would be able to run and type (keyboard to you younger crowd). Yet, according to Yahoo News, reports on a new product that combines a treadmill and a computer workstation that is suppose to keep us home office workers and others moving...

World Oldest Blogger Dies At 108 Years Of Age

Posted on July 15, 2008
According to HuffPo and other sources, A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said. A friend introduced Olive Riley to blogging early in 2007, and was hooked...

Marketing Is Muscle, Not Fat

Posted on July 13, 2008
I once invested in a bankrupted electronics company. It had fallen on hard times. The father who had started the business had nursed it to where it was. It was left to his children. When the economy went through a down cycle and money needed to be saved, the children did what? They fired all of the sales people and the marketing people...

Charlotte School Of Law Wins ABA Approval

Posted on July 13, 2008
As the new law school from The InfiLaw System, which is a for-profit consortium of independent law schools, this is really good news for upstart Charlotte School of Law, . Charlotte School of Law is a new, student-centered law school offering flexible part-time and full-time programs...

Do Not Discount. Let Me Repeat, Do Not Discount.

Posted on July 13, 2008
I understand that times are getting very tough. This is especially true for attorneys that represent consumers. And, when times get tough, depending on the practice area, business sometimes falls off (or at least that is the impression). When business falls off (or your fear that it might) there is a strong tendency to discount your legal services to get businesses coming through the door...

Do Not Fakebook

Posted on July 13, 2008
The term "fakebook", as I understand it, is the adding of people to your Facebook who you do not particularly like, socialize with or care to really befriend. I am here to tell you that outside of the Facebook genre a similar phenomena happens every day in lawyer marketing and rainmaking...

12 Of The Greenest Colleges In America

Posted on July 12, 2008
Downsizing or downshifting is green. Working from home or carpet commuting is green. Cutting your long commutes to and from work is green. Reducing your carbon footprint anywhere you can is great. Now, should you have a choice to advise a college student on where to attend or have a student who will soon be off to college, The Students' Blog has listed 12 of the greenest colleges in America...

Ice Creams With The Most Fat

Posted on July 12, 2008
I guess it is pretty obvious from my girth and demeanor that I enjoy ice cream. Now, damnit, ABC News is reporting on the 6 most fattening ice cream brands and flavors. This is the reason that people hate the liberal news media. They have a video on their site reviewing these...

Networking Should Begin In Law School

Posted on July 12, 2008
Do you want a good job immediately after law school? Or, do you want to successfully transition into the profitable private practice of law after passing the bar? If so, you should start networking or building relationships while in law school. I know, especially the first year, that law school takes up so much time that this is difficult...

The Only Desk Rage I Have To Suffer Is My Own

Posted on July 12, 2008
HuffPo has an article on "desk rage" -- anger at the workplace. It concerns employees and employers who are grumpy, insulting, short-tempered or worse. And, it is apparently very common. Bob Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule refers to these people as such...

Long Name Law Firms

Posted on July 11, 2008
I liked Rhymes With Orange and I thought I would share it with you. Frankly, I have never understood the reason for over long firm name, except for ego. In Texas you cannot use trade names, but you can use a name of a lawyer associated with the firm, or a lawyer formally associated with the firm in the death, retirement, etc...

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