Get to the Point

When Paul McCartney released “The Boys of Dungeon Lane," Teddy Snyder began wondering how the Beatles’ oeuvre might help your law practice. Enjoy this "Fab Firm" guide to law practice management, inspired by some favorite Beatles songs.

Teddy Snyder | Eloquent speakers understand that in every setting, every minute should be informing, perhaps delighting, your audience.

Get to the Point | Short paragraphs produce more readable documents.

Teddy Snyder | Sometimes you just run out of ways to say somebody’s trying to peddle a lie, but a real advocate never runs out of the right vocabulary.

You're sure you explained everything clearly, but was the message received? Follow Teddy Snyder's tips to make sure your clients really hear you, absorb your advice and act on it correctly.

Teddy Snyder | Supersede is a concise word lawyers love to use, so why do so many get it wrong? Here's the seed of an idea to stop this mistake.

Teddy Snyder: A new app revises your emails to make you seem human. It does this by creating errors. This does not appear to be a joke.

Teddy Snyder | “Expansive” pops up in all sorts of legal writing from website verbiage (“our expansive PI practice”) to statements of facts in appellate briefs.

Teddy Snyder | More effective communication with clients starts with understanding you know too much.

Teddy Snyder | Mixing up your adjectives can raise eyebrows at best or muddle your message at worst.