Practice Management

Drinking For Clients?

Posted on April 11, 2008
That does it. I will just have to take up drinking. Oh, I have a glass of wine every now and then, but I am mainly hooked on diet sodas and tea. But, I want to earn more money and if I have got to be bashed, plastered, tanked, stoned, soused, stewed, zonked or totally wasted in public to achieve this, then so be it...

There Is Hopefully A Lesson Learned By An Employee Working Remotely

Posted on April 11, 2008
I think the term "telecommuting" is a bit old school, but I like this article about Rebecca Bell, Operations Manager for Lee Esposito Associates, being allowed to work remotely from It aly. The article appeared in Business First of Columbus. It is not a story about a law firm in that Lee Esposito Associates is a public relation firm, but that is close enough...

Cash Flow An Important Metric For Law Firms

Posted on April 10, 2008
This was the headline screaming at me over my blog reader today from More Partner Income. I read it and thought to myself - WELL DA! That is kind of an understatement. And, what is with all of this language like "metric". Cash flow is not a "matric", is it? It is the lifeblood of any lawyer or any law firm...

Watch What You Say

Posted on April 10, 2008
Maybe we lawyers need to be careful about picking up and repeating words and phrases from used car dealers, cell phone companies and the like.

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Super Wealthy Line Up For Souped-Up Jets

Posted on April 09, 2008
I guess this is not quite working at home?

Magnetic Table?

Posted on April 09, 2008
Gizmodo posted about the magnetic table that will eliminate the need for cabinets. Yeah, right. The table allows you to attach dinnerware or most other things underneath the table. All I can say is keep on thinking. See pictures below.

Apple Accuses NYC Of Ripping Off Its Logo - You Be The Judge

Posted on April 09, 2008
I tend to think that Apple is getting a little too big for its britches. Apple Computer is "challenging" the City of New York's travel and tourism office over its use of an apple logo based upon the city's nickname "The Big Apple". It is running a campaign called "GreeNYC to convince New Yorkers to take steps to reduce greenhouse gases, and hired New York design firm Turf to designed a stylized apple, which has been the symbol of NYC since well before Steve Jobs was born...

My Wife Must Be So Terribly Disappointed

Posted on April 09, 2008
As reported on HuffPo, if you are a brunette you are more likely to marry a successful man than your blonde counterparts. Experts at LOVE@LYCOS, the dating channel of Lycos.co.uk analysed the WAG's hair colour of the world's top 100 billionaires to determine if there is a predominant hair colour wealthy men seen to go for...

Bringing Your Baby To Work?

Posted on April 09, 2008
In the United States some companies are encouraging new parents to bring their babies to the office before they have learned to crawl. The Guardian in the UK decided to test out whether you could actually work with a baby at your desk and this is what happened...

#^%$&* Scanner, Or Hints From Heloise

Posted on April 08, 2008
You know technology is often good, but it not always fun. Case in point is the ScanSnap scanner that I use in my office. It is small, it is relatively easy to use. I can scan to print if I need a copy, or I can scan to native PDF for saving documents and getting them off my desk...

If You Are In Law Practice Hell Think Cheese

Posted on April 08, 2008
CNNMoney reports on the help being offered by Barbara Hanley, owner of the real estate appraisal company Golf & Land Economics, to save dairy farms in her area. This from a lady who lives off helping to turn such farms into fairways. But, her new goal is to see continue the family dairy farm survive for generations to come...

Al Gore - New Thinking On The Climate Crises

Posted on April 08, 2008
If you have never viewed TED you ought to do so. They have the new thoughts and presentation by Al Gore on the climate crises. It is very telling and very concerning. You need to watch this video and do so by CLICKING HERE.

South Texas College Of Law Continues To Win Big

Posted on April 08, 2008
In legal education you had better look for an environment that provides you some positive and practice teaching practices. In this regard, South Texas College of Law (STCL) continues to excel in a big way. In the effort of complete disclosure, my wife and I attended STCL...

Two Lawyers - One Rich - One Poor

Posted on April 08, 2008
Peter Olson at Solo In Chicago highlights well a Chicago Tribune's article on lawyer disparity. It is a very informative article and you ought to read it. The gist of the article is what I have been saying for some time. Increasingly there are small practices of law and their are large ones, but those that have a hard time competing are the ones in between...

Japanese Health Drinks And Products Are Too Much For Me To Handle

Posted on April 08, 2008
Look, I understand what you put into your body matters. I understand that I put too much in my body, hence the weight problem. And, I understand that Asians, most of which are skinny, have always had some inside knowledge that proceeds the knowledge base of Western medicine...

The Poor Lawyer's MacBook Air

Posted on April 07, 2008
I normally leave tech to Rick Georges over at Future Lawyer. But, if anything, the Third Wave is about ease and portability. It is about being to operate with a the smallest footprint possible in the legal world. It is also about being connected. PDAs and smart phones just do not hack it for me in this regard...

Nobody Listens To The Little Round Guy. Tell Me About It.

Posted on April 06, 2008

New Niche -- Keeping Personal Injury Lawyers Honest

Posted on April 06, 2008
Maybe I am the last to know, but I want to bring you ideas of niche practices that you can develop, especially if it is the type of practice in which you can operate out of your home without the need to visit clients very often. The one I learned about recently was representing physicians, clinics, hospitals and chiropractors in monitoring the ongoing litigation and settlement of personal injury cases in which they did, or should have with your help, filed a lien for payment out of the settlement proceeds of the personal injury case...

Dean Martin - Houston

Posted on April 06, 2008
Having some fun today, and watching Dean Martin cut up while trying to sing Houston. What a card. As for me, I am going back to Houston, Houston, Houston.

Bill And Hillary Cold Open

Posted on April 06, 2008

Bill And Hillary Cold Open

Posted on April 06, 2008

Dean Martin - Houston

Posted on April 06, 2008
Having some fun today, and watching Dean Martin cut up while trying to sing Houston. What a card. As for me, I am going back to Houston, Houston, Houston.

New Niche -- Keeping Personal Injury Lawyers Honest

Posted on April 05, 2008
Maybe I am the last to know, but I want to bring you ideas of niche practices that you can develop, especially if it is the type of practice in which you can operate out of your home without the need to visit clients very often. The one I learned about recently was representing physicians, clinics, hospitals and chiropractors in monitoring the ongoing litigation and settlement of personal injury cases in which they did, or should have with your help, filed a lien for payment out of the settlement proceeds of the personal injury case...

Nobody Listens To The Little Round Guy. Tell Me About It.

Posted on April 05, 2008

Lawyers Are Miserable People

Posted on April 04, 2008
By and large this is true. You do not have to take my word for it. Study after study states that the majority of lawyers are not happy with themselves, their professions, or their place in life. The question is how to reverse this trend? You have to organize your practice to bring you joy or at least contentment...

I Thought This Pretty Much Described The Traditional Practice Of Law

Posted on April 04, 2008

I Love The Comparison

Posted on April 03, 2008
My son and I love the Rocky Balboa movies. And, you have got to love Photoshop. And, whether or not you like Hillary Clinton, you have got to love this picture of her as Rocky.

British Paper Declares USA 2008 Great Depression - Bankruptcy Practice Anybody?

Posted on April 01, 2008
The British paper The Independent has declared the USA is headed for the Great Depression of 2008. Shocking? Yes. But, to them none of the economic indicators appear sound, especially in the area of jobs and the need for food stamps. The paper declares that things are not only bad on Wall Street, but that they are worse on Main Street, stating that as official statistics show that as a new economic recession stalks the United States, a record number of Americans will shortly be depending on food stamps just to feed themselves and their families...

Pretty Much Describes My Day

Posted on April 01, 2008
I have been a little slow on posting recently. Been working on taxes the last couple of days, and this picture pretty much captures how I look and feel at at this point.

First, Fire The Managers!

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Third Wave is all about flattening management structures. Therefore, when I read this article about Neil Johnson getting rid of his managment to improve business at International Merchant Services I knew this would be enlightening. Before starting International Merchant Services Inc...

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