The holiday season, the period between Thanksgiving and New Years, is the best time of the year for marketing your law practice. During this time business is more likely to  be slow at the law firm.  For most attorneys there are fewer cases to sign up as many prospective clients wait until the holidays are [...]

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Thankfulness can be a useful tool in building your law practice. In our efforts to make improvements in ourselves as lawyers, in our law practices and in our personal lives we necessarily focus on what changes need to be made. My coaching work with attorney clients is about helping them make those changes that will [...]

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As discussed in Part 1, “People do business with people they know and they like.” Therefore, “Prospects hire lawyers they know and they like.” In addition to getting to know you, a prospective legal client needs to like you. How does this happen? Ask yourself why you like someone. Isn’t it because of the way they treat [...]

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Lawyers hear so much hype about marketing. What’s the latest and greatest way to attract clients? Is it the new flavor of the day: social networking? Or should you start a  law blog,  join another organization or maybe even advertise? A lot is  involved in marketing to attract legal clients and there can be many [...]

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We lawyers often quote a fixed fee for handling a legal case. It is easier for the client to commit to an amount certain than to agree to an hourly rate and the uncertainty of how much the total attorney’s fee will be. It helps in getting the legal work but, if care is not [...]

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“A lawyer’s time is his stock in trade” But… The passing of Steve Jobs has given us all an opportunity to consider what is really important in life. He had money, success and the satisfaction of giving great technological gifts to the world. What he didn’t have was enough time. None of us know how much [...]

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Overcoming Attorney Procrastination

May 23, 2011

It’s been a while since  I’ve made a blog entry. My excuses are that the website was down for a while (WordPress challenges) and extended visits from family. I could have made an entry or two but I didn’t. Guilty. In a law practice, there are ample opportunities for procrastination. For me it was usually [...]

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The Wisdom of Jobs-for Lawyers too. Happy in Your Legal Career?

March 16, 2011

I recently read a commencement speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford in 2005. It was a good speech among other good speeches he has made. One portion in particular struck a cord with me, here it is: “When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like “If you live each day as [...]

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A Great Productivity Tool for Lawyers

March 4, 2011

I want to tell you about a great little productivity tool for lawyers (and the rest of the world). A problem most of us have is organization around our to-dos, our tasks. Attorneys especially have so many tasks to juggle, differing priorities, due dates, importance, etc.  that it is difficult to manage it all. As [...]

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For Lawyer Life Balance, Build a Fence

February 21, 2011

A good work and life balance is critical for a lawyer both professionally and personally. To be successful over the long run you must have the right balance between your law practice and your personal life. Too much work on the law practice at the sacrifice of  you as a person is counter productive.You probably [...]

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