Bull Garlington | Five apps to help you sleep by listening to the voices you already trust.
Originally published June 12, 2022Reporting another lawyer’s misconduct can bring on a mix of emotions. If the other lawyer is your adversary and you’ve been battling in the gutter, a bar complaint may be exactly what you wish on this person. Lawyers know a lot of lawyers, though, and we get a lot of insight into each other’s lives through our professional and personal interactions. There are likely many lawyers you'd rather not report to the bar, knowing that a bar complaint is a ticket to havoc being wreaked on a lawyer’s life. So are you obligated to report another lawyer if you know about an instance of attorney misconduct? ... READ THE REST
Originally published June 12, 2022Be a small-town Lawyer: Many rural areas have a shortage of lawyers. No one needs to remind law students and recent law school graduates about the dismal job market. Only 85 percent of the class of 2012 found a job of any kind post-graduation — and only 64 percent of those jobs required bar passage, […]
Originally published June 12, 2022Here are seven tried-and-true tactics along with real-world applications that help lawyers differentiate themselves.
Originally published June 12, 2022It’s almost a certainty that, at some point, every lawyer will have an unhappy client. In his seminal research on loyalty, business strategist Frederick Reichheld concluded that simply satisfying clients is not enough to retain them. Research showed that depending on the industry, between 65 and 85 percent of customers or clients who defected said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the company they abandoned. They left because they didn’t like the experience.
Originally published June 12, 2022LawPay Checklist | Maintaining a positive cash flow is essential for your law firm. This white paper, we’ll lay out five ways to impact your bottom line.
Originally published June 10, 2022Ida Abbot explains the benefits of retired partner groups, pointing to Faegre Benson's successful program and more ideas you can use.
Originally published June 10, 2022Will Hornsby | I’ve plowed some of this ground in prior posts, but here is a framework to understand the six most important issues.
Originally published June 10, 2022Have you seen the new Michael Keaton movie where he plays a bad guy? No, I’m not talking about his excellent turn as the Vulture (probably the best recent Marvel movie villain) in the latest Spiderman movie. Did you see him as Ray Kroc in "The Founder," a late-life biopic of the great co-opter of McDonald’s? I’m a sucker for historical drama, so when this movie came out, I was genuinely excited to see it. If you haven’t seen it, watch it (it’s on Netflix now), because I'm going to talk about it below. Now, you may be asking yourself: Why write about this movie in Attorney at Work? Excellent question. It’s because there are law firm management lessons to be derived. (I’ve done this before. Trust me.)
Originally published June 10, 2022The first post in our new series with rules, optional techniques and simple suggestions to remind you that strong writing makes you a better lawyer.
Originally published June 10, 2022