Year-End Law Firm Accounting: How to Get Money in the Door in Q4
Get tips to ensure the money your firm has earned gets through the door by the end of the year.
Practice Area: Law Practice Management
Making Yourself A Priority Is Not Selfish; It’s a Necessity: Strategies To Deal With COVID-19
If three attorneys are on a Zoom call, one of them will have a substance abuse and/or mental health issue.
Ethics Opinion 1208
Topic: Solicitation and Referral of Real Estate Matters by Real Estate Broker Employed by Lawyer as Paralegal Digest: A lawyer who has no financial interest in the commission generated by a real estate transaction may accept referrals for real estate closings from her paralegal who is also a real estate broker, provided such referrals will … Continued
Ethics Opinion 1207
Topic: Firm names; trade names Digest: A law firm may practice in New York using a name that does not include the name of any lawyer currently or formerly practicing in the firm (i.e., under a “trade name”) as long as the name under which the firm practices is not false, deceptive or misleading. A … Continued
How to Prepare for the Short Days and Long Winter Ahead
To help manage your mood and health through this COVID winter, the advice offered by many mental health specialists is to fully accept and understand the current reality.
Why Burnout Is So Pertinent in Lawyers…and How To Recognize It
It is well known that lawyers are exposed to the trauma that their clients experience and disproportionately suffer from high levels of depression and substance use compared to social workers, mental health professionals and doctors. These were among several key takeaways from Dr. Kerry O’Hara, Psy.D. (DBT Wellness & Psychological Services) on the recent CLE … Continued
Marketing Automation Tools Level the Playing Field
Everyone needs to market their services in order to be found.
Going Off on Your Own: Your Guide to Running a Modern Law Firm
While many attorneys both new and experienced find rich and fulfilling careers joining an existing law firm, many also make the bold decision to branch out and build their own law firm from scratch. Starting your own business can be simultaneously exciting and nerve-racking. It requires careful planning and commitment to get off to a … Continued
Lawyers Must Be Salespeople but it Shouldn’t Feel Sleazy
For a lawyer, trying to sign up a client should feel like you’re helping someone and not like you’re selling a car. Being a salesperson is not sleazy; it is necessary if you want to make a living, said Carol Schiro Greenwald at the recent CLE Webinar, “Presenting Your Best ‘You’ To Your Best Prospects.” … Continued
Lawyers Who Accept War-like Personas Carry Heavy Burden
As a practicing attorney and licensed psychologist, I have observed many of my attorney colleagues who have suffered with anxiety and depression. However, acknowledgement of their suffering has been somewhat taboo. It is for this reason, when I was asked to be a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Attorney … Continued