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Enterprising Lawyer
Kimberley Chongyon Motley, Enterprising Lawyer

Enterprising Lawyer Q&A: Kimberley Motley, a practicing attorney since 2003, has worked in Afghanistan since 2008. She is the first foreigner to litigate cases in Afghanistan's criminal and commercial courts. Kimberley currently ...

The Editors - September 19, 2016
Five Reasons to Come Out and Play

We know that free-play is important to the development of children. But it’s also really important in the life of an adult. You may think you don’t need to play, that you don’t have time to play, but there are good reasons to incorporate play ...

Jamie Spannhake - September 16, 2016
Ryan Lochte’s Vocabulary Lesson for All of Us

“I over-exaggerated.” It was impossible to miss the world’s derision for Ryan Lochte’s poor word choice. The Olympian was trying to explain his lies about how he found himself at the wrong end of a gun after a night of partying in ...

Theda C. Snyder - September 15, 2016
Unhappy Clients Can Destroy Law Practices

"Under-promise and over-deliver." You’ve probably heard the phrase. But do you really understand what it means? Most of your unhappy clients would never have become disgruntled if you'd had protocols in place to properly set their ...

Ray Gross - September 14, 2016
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Evernote vs. Quip: A New Productivity King?

Launched in 2008, Evernote rose in popularity because it solved a major constraint in our productivity — recognizing the changes in the way we actually work, access information and communicate. We no longer work on just a desktop or a laptop. We ...

Daniel Gold - September 13, 2016
Getting Your Foot in the Door

Aleisha Gravit answers the question, "How can I get my foot in the door to meet with a potential client?"

Aleisha Gravit - September 12, 2016
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Five Ways to Retreat This Fall — Even Solos!

From my office window, I can see my neighbor, Mickey Wilson, an international "slackline" champion, practicing spectacular flips and turns on a two-inch wide strip of webbing six feet in the air — pushing himself to master new tricks and invent ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - September 9, 2016
Big Data, Little Data: It’s All Useful Data

In our Friday Five "Tech Tips: Small, Powerful Ways to Use Data in Your Law Firm," practice management experts recently weighed in on how small law firms can use data in a meaningful way. Oklahoma Bar Association practice advisor Jim Calloway ...

Jim Calloway - September 6, 2016
Friday Five
Five Tactics to Build Trust on Your Website

You've spent money and time trying to drive traffic to your website's landing pages. Wouldn't you like to know you're not losing visitors because you fail to inspire trust? You've likely heard that you have anywhere from 3 to 30 seconds to grab ...

Tom Dunn - September 2, 2016
Sharing Legal Information Online Isn’t ‘Giving Away the Store’

There are so many different ways to push marketing content out into the world. Some are brought to you by the wonders of the internet. Others require your in-person participation. Some are free, requiring nothing beyond the creation of ...

Susan Kostal - August 31, 2016
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