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Question: "We're all using personal tablets, smartphones and laptops, but there's worry about the threat it poses to our law firm's IT systems and infrastructure. What can we do to keep firm and client data secure from outside ...

In this edition of "Ask the Experts" Benjamin Shames of Valorem Law Group and Pepper Hamilton's Janine Book respond to a reader's question about money and trust. "We have an office manager, but I just don’t think ...

In this edition of "Ask the Experts," Holli McVean, office manager at Carscallen LLP, and a member of the Association of Legal Administrators, has great advice for getting all the information you need — efficiently and politely — from cold and ...

Question: There has been so much talk about the Affordable Care Act. We realize there may be a few things we’ve missed regarding coverage of our staff. Help! Jude A. Dainton: Individual open enrollment for the insurance exchanges begins on ...

In this edition of "Ask the Experts," Legal Marketing Association members Paul Bonner, Stewart Hirsch and Stacy Smith take on the question, "I always have a hard time talking about my fees with potential clients. Do you have any tips?" ... The Editors - September 12, 2013

Question: "Why should we blog? We have a website. Clients hire lawyers because of a relationship, not because they see you on the Internet. Besides, a blog can be pretty self-aggrandizing. Other lawyers in the firm think the ...

Question: I know we're not recouping many of our law firm's costs from clients. How do you effectively manage a cost recovery program? Four members of the Association of Legal Administrators — Grace Carr Lee, Vicki Hughes, ...

Question: Is there any room for personality in your professional biography? You don't want to be boring, but how informal can you get? Today LMA experts, Seth M. Apple, Dorothy Rausa and Stacy A. Smith answer the question to make sure potential ...

You're a litigator—when people need you, they find you, right? But until they do, they don't think much about you. All your usual business development tactics seem doomed to fall on deaf—or, at the very least, uninterested—ears. So, how do you ...

Question: We’re a fairly small law firm—15 lawyers, 9 partners—but it seems like we’re always fighting about who gets the best offices. Every time someone retires or leaves, it’s like a circus with everyone arguing about the ...