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At Attorney at Work, our goal is to give you everything you need to create a law practice—and a life—you can love. Each weekday morning, subscribers to the website receive a free Daily Dispatch email with a link to sound ideas on anything from getting clients—even if you are missing the rainmaker gene—to solving the “slammed with work but chronically short on cash” dilemma. And the ideas extend all the way through to how to get a grip on cloud computing and the newest apps for your smartphone and tablet, to what to do about an assistant with memory problems, or a secretary who doesn’t like you.

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Behind Attorney at Work

Attorney at Work was created by a small team of practice management experts and communicators who, in concert with experts from around the globe, seek to offer all sorts of handy and valuable resources and sources of inspiration for enterprising lawyers.

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton has been helping lawyers think differently about the business of practicing law since 1984. She consults with legal organizations, lawyers and law firm management groups on their various roles as lawyers, leaders and businesspeople. Merrilyn has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Master of Science in Legal Administration program and has lectured at the University of Colorado Law School. A founder and early president of the Legal Marketing Association, she was inducted into the inaugural class of the LMA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1996, she became a Fellow of the international College of Law Practice Management and subsequently served as President of the Board of Trustees for three terms. A respected author and speaker, Merrilyn was Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice magazine for nine years. You can read more about her as well as her frequent blog posts at www.astintarlton.com. Contact her at merrilyn@attorneyatwork.com.

Joan Feldman is an editor and writer who has created, steered and contributed to myriad leading practice management publications over more than 25 years. As editorial director at Feldcomm, her clients have included the American Bar Association (where she was managing editor of Law Practice magazine for more than a dozen years), American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Trade Show Executive. Joan manages content, directs processes and consults on strategy and direction with a relentless inclination for the leading edge. Contact her at joan@attorneyatwork.com and follow her at @joanHfeldman.

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Sally Schmidt is President of Schmidt Marketing, Inc. which offers marketing services to law firms. Sally was a founder and the first President of the Legal Marketing Association. She is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and was one of the first inductees to LMA's Hall of Fame. She is the author of Marketing the Law Firm: Business Development Techniques and Business Development for Lawyers: Strategies for Getting and Keeping Clients.
Gerry Riskin is a founding partner of global consultancy Edge International. He is a former managing partner of an international law firm, served the Conference Board of Canada, is a Fellow of The College of Law in London, and a visiting Professor at the University of Pretoria. Gerry consults on strategy with an emphasis on competing for clients. He authored The Successful Lawyer and co-authored Practice Development: Creating the Marketing Mindset, Herding Cats and Beyond Knowing. He blogs at Amazing Firms Amazing Practices.
Steve Matthews is Founder and Principal at Stem Legal Web Enterprises, Inc. Stem Legal helps lawyers and law firms gain greater web visibility and effectiveness. Before Stem, he managed web strategy and information services for two Canadian law firms. Steve is a thought leader and a trend watcher within the legal profession and he blogs enthusiastically at both Law Firm Web Strategy and slaw.
Vedia Jones-Richardson is a Principal with Olive and Olive, PA, an intellectual property firm in North Carolina. With degrees in law and design, her career has included experience in television, advertising and corporate communications. Vedia is a past Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section and a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. She has chaired the annual Bar Leadership Institute for the NC Bar Association and the ABA Women Rainmakers Mid-Career Workshop, which she founded in 2007.
Jordan Furlong is a Partner with Edge International and Senior Consultant withStem Legal Web Enterprises. Jordan is a speaker, writer and consultant who helps lawyers and law firms navigate the extraordinary changes in the legal marketplace. Based in Ottawa, Canada, he serves lawyers, law firms and legal organizations throughout North America. Read his blogLaw21.
Simon Chester is a business and litigation partner with Heenan Blaikie in Toronto. His career includes law teaching, government service and 25 years of private practice. A Fellow and past-President of the College of Law Practice Management, he has spoken on professional and technology issues to hundreds of groups in nine countries. Simon blogs at Slaw.
Robert J. Ambrogi is a lawyer, writer and consultant in Rockport, MA. He writes and blogs at LawSites and Media Law and cohosts the award-winning podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. Earlier, Bob was editor-in-chief of the National Law Journal, Lawyers USAand Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. A graduate of Boston College Law School, he is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a trustee of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation. Follow Bob on Twitter @bobambrogi.
G. Burgess Allison wrote the wildly popular Technology Update column in Law Practice magazine. He is Director in a not-for-profit R&D center, a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management and serves on the Council of the ABA Law Practice Management Section. Burgess has a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a unique worldview. Reach him at allison@mitre.org.
Burkey Belser is president and creative director of Greenfield/Belser and a legal marketing pioneer. He has won awards in every field of graphic design: identity, collateral, Web and periodicals. In 1997, President Clinton awarded him a Presidential Design Award for Nutrition Facts, the nation's familiar food labeling system. Belser was given lifetime achievement awards by both the Legal Marketing Association and the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington. He blogs at Brand Thinking.
Mark T. Greene is Chief Business Development Officer of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP. in Nashville, TN. Since 1984, Mark has been one of the pioneers in legal marketing and business development, bringing the best practices of global corporations to the legal industry. He was inducted into the Legal Marketing Association's Hall of Fame in 2008 and is a Fellow and Trustee of the College of Law Practice Management.
Susan G. Manch is the Firmwide Director of Learning & Development for Bingham, planning and directing the firm’s development strategies for lawyers and staff globally. She was formerly a founder and principal in the consulting firm Shannon & Manch LLP where she advised law firms and legal departments on talent development strategies for lawyers. She is the author of an upcoming book on law firm leadership, Learning From Law Firm Leaders due to be published summer, 2012 by the ABA. Sue also authored or co-authored Maximizing Law Firm Profitability; Recruiting Lawyers: How to Hire the Best Talent; and Partner and Practice Group Acquisition.
Tom Mighell Tom Mighell is the author of The iPad in One Hour for Lawyers and the related blog iPad4Lawyers. A Senior Consultant with Contoural, Inc., he helps companies and in-house counsel with records management and electronic discovery issues. He is 2011-2012 Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, and served as Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2008. He is the co-author of The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies, and co-presenter of The Kennedy-Mighell Report Podcast on the Legal Talk Network. Tom blogs at Inter Alia: A Legal Technology Blog.
Dan Pinnington is Vice President, Claims Prevention & Stakeholder Relations at LAWPRO (Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company) in Toronto. In his work as Director of LAWPRO's PracticePRO, Dan's work has focused on helping lawyers avoid malpractice claims. He is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management and co-author of the ABA's Busy Lawyers’ Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power your Practice. Dan blogs at practicePRO's Avoid a Claim and Lawyer Success Tips.
Ron Staudt is a professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He teaches a Justice & Technology Practicum, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Strategies and Public Interest Law & Policy. He is director of the Center for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT)—a law school center using Internet resources to improve access to justice. He is Vice President of the College of Law Practice Management, a member of the ABA eLawyering Task Force and one of the first 50 ABA Journal Legal Rebels.