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Who Gets the Best Office in Your Law Firm?

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 ...

The Editors - May 30, 2013
Attorney at Work Friday Five
Five Steps to Protect Law Firm Data

Computer security is a cat-and-mouse game, and we’re the mouse. Even with virus prevention and detection, says Don Wright, it’s only a matter of time before unauthorized programs and predators get past the gates. Still, there are steps to take ...

Don Wright - May 24, 2013
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WordPress Optimizations for Your Law Blog

If you use WordPress for your website or law blog (and you probably should), there are some basic optimizations you should consider making if you care about people finding your content in search engines. If you follow these optimization tips, ...

Gyi Tsakalakis - May 23, 2013
The Enterprising Lawyer: Walter Sargent

Meet this month's Enterprising Lawyer, solo appellate specialist Walter Sargent. In 1996, Walter left the Colorado Springs office of a large Denver-based law firm to start his own solo practice focused entirely on appeals. The ...

The Editors - May 21, 2013
Thought Leadership for Lawyers: Hit the Mark

Thought leadership. It’s a new term for an old concept—writing and speaking to enhance your visibility and build a public perception of your expertise. Lawyers have used thought leadership as a marketing strategy since the very early days of law ...

Sally J. Schmidt - May 20, 2013
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Does a Small Law Firm Need to Have a Brand?

Question: Ours is a three-lawyer litigation firm with high-profile experience in a narrow issue. Obviously we don’t have the luxury of an in-house marketing department like the big law firms. But we certainly have the capability to best them in ...

The Editors - May 16, 2013
Office 2013: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Microsoft Office 2013 has been available for several months, but Office 2010 has been stable and mostly well-received in our firm. And with staff and lawyers already overwhelmed by the never-ending stream of new technologies hurtling toward ...

Vivian Manning - May 13, 2013
Is Work-Life Balance a Fraud?

In an interview earlier this year, Laurel Bellows, managing partner of her Chicago business and employment law firm and current president of the American Bar Association, was asked, “How do you do it? How do you do work-life balance and is it ...

Ruth Carter - May 8, 2013
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Redefine Productivity and Do More of What Matters

In the midst of a recent conversation about how to leverage Evernote to become more productive, I was asked a simple yet thought-provoking question: "Daniel, how do you define productivity?" My definition may be a bit nonconformist, but here it ...

Daniel Gold - May 7, 2013
Attorney at Work Friday Five
Law Firm Marketing Advice from Famous Jacksons

With the Third Annual Super Marketing Conference in Boston mere weeks away, LOMAP's Jared Correia has lawyer marketing on the brain. The day-long conference is live at Suffolk University School of Law—and via webcast—May 16, but today the ...

Jared Correia - May 3, 2013
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