Time to go look at yourself in the professional mirror—that is to say, to go read your online biography. Whether you’re a sole practitioner or a lawyer in a large firm, there’s one page on your website that’s entirely about you. Its purpose is to get clients to retain you. Is it doing its job? This is what visitors should find when they read your online biography ...

It's true. Our devices sure have improved our productivity: dictating, navigating and researching on the fly with our smartphones and wowing folks in meetings with iPad touch screens. But let's be perfectly clear: It's the nifty non-essentials that have us hooked. The gadgets, the games, the shopping (accessories!) and especially the socializing. So today we indulge all things digital and web-geeky. Lucky us, it was a big week for that.

If you’re one of those people who signed on for LinkedIn, filled in the basic info about your work and education and now can’t figure out why nothing magical is happening, this is for you. Like much social media, you get as much as you give with LinkedIn. Unlike some social media, though, LinkedIn delivers some […]

I was sitting in the middle of, quite possibly, the biggest trial of my firm’s history. The liability was golden. It was just a matter of how much we were going to win. To be specific, I was sitting in the middle of the courtroom. Literally the middle. Between the jury and the counsels’ tables. […]

Ever notice that nearly every discussion of career alternatives for unemployed or dissatisfied JDs includes something like, “... just look at John Grisham!” Ah, yes, the life of a writer of fiction. The fame. The fortune. The movie stars! While surely there are more realistic career options, today we're putting our cynicism in a drawer and devoting this Friday Five to, yes, resources for the fledgling fiction writers among us.

There's a scene in the movie "Men in Black" when Will Smith's character tries unsuccessfully to get the attention of his bosses, and finally succeeds when he bellows “Hey, Old Guys!” That's a familiar scene around my firm. No, I don't mean we have to scream at each other. But it does seem true most of us "old guys" don't want to pay attention to what's staring us in the face.

I read my horoscope this morning and here’s what it said: “Letting nature take its course is not advised. Passivity will bring unfavorable results. Take charge of your destiny.” You needn't be a Virgo (as I am) to see the good sense in that. Lawyers with the most successful and satisfying legal careers proactively seek out ways to enhance and integrate both their work and personal lives. Here are some characteristics commonly shared by happy and successful attorneys, along with suggestions for developing your own path to satisfaction.

So how do you stay visible on the web and offer good content to your social networks? I've begun experimenting with "curating"—a form of social news aggregation—to create The LPS Reader, a newsletter of my handpicked, top 10 favorite posts of the week. I couldn’t do a better job myself, even if I had time to try.

I spend a fair amount of time watching my nephews and niece, ages six, four and two, respectively. They tend to cycle through the kids’ shows, but there’s one they keep going back to, time and again: The Wonder Pets. I know. At first, I thought it was a typical, cheesy children’s show. But between trying to start a business […]

If you're feeling a little goofy about just how deeply in love you are with your nifty new tablet, don't be. Even the hardcore techies are a bit over the moon about the changes it's making in their work and lifestyles. Just to prove our point, we asked some of our favorite legal technologists to tell us what they love most about their tablets, along with their most-favorite apps. We learned a few things. Lesson number one: Make sure you have plenty of room if you're going to ask about the object of a techie's affection. Lesson two: There is some really cool stuff out there!