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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a significant loss of business for many lawyers and law firms. Certain practice areas have been hit particularly hard, and many companies are not spending because they do not have a clear picture of what the future holds.

Whether you represent individuals regarding estate planning or you represent businesses in contract negotiations and intellectual property (IP) matters, if your billable hours are down as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, you might be thinking about branching out. Or, maybe you have identified an opportunity outside of your practice’s normal scope, and you want to position yourself at the forefront of an emerging area of the law. In either case, you are thinking about expanding your practice, and you are wondering: What are the considerations involved?

March 24, 2021

Considerations for Expanding into New Practice Areas When Business Slows Down

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a significant loss of business for many lawyers and law firms. Certain practice areas have been hit particularly […]
March 24, 2021

Managing a Virtual Law Practice in 2021: What Do Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know?

While some professionals have long dreamed of ditching their offices to work from home, many others find themselves unwillingly operating a virtual law practice because of […]
February 8, 2021

Should Your Personal Injury Firm Post Past Results on Your Website?

Storytelling is all the rage in marketing. Marketing consultants rave about the incredible results that can follow when you share stories about how your services improved […]
February 1, 2021

5 Tips for Improving Client Communication in 2021

Lawyers work with words the way a sculptor works with clay, manipulating them into messages that get results. For that reason, most lawyers think they are […]
December 30, 2020

What Should you Call your Law Firm? Can you Trademark it?

When starting a law firm, you must first tackle the daunting question of what to call it. As long as law firms have been in existence, many lawyers have preferred to simply use their names. Recently, some firms have taken a more brand-oriented approach by adopting descriptive or suggestive terms as their names. Both approaches are viable and have their respective merits and limitations.
December 30, 2020

5 Thoughts Your Client is Having During Your Intake Meeting

As an attorney, you only get one chance to make a first impression. Your prospective clients need help. If they don’t think you can provide it, they will go to someone else. With this in mind, you need to make sure your intake meetings go well, and this starts with seeing the meeting from the client’s point of view.
December 18, 2020

Making Cutbacks? Considerations You Haven’t Considered

Going paperless is attractive to law firms for a variety of different reasons. It’s better for the environment, most clients prefer it, it reduces storage costs and it can make your firm more efficient on a day-to-day basis..
November 23, 2020

Zoom vs. Google Meets vs. Microsoft Teams

While law firms have several different options for maintaining connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic, for those that maintain consumer-oriented practices, the list is shortened significantly. This is especially true for communicating with prospective clients, as it is important to make the pre-engagement stage both as easy and as straightforward as possible.
October 30, 2020

5 Tips for Marketing Your Personal Injury Practice for 2021

2020 has been a year unlike any other. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everything from where we go to how much time we spend in our […]
October 30, 2020

A Paperless Law Firm? There’s Never Been a Better Time To Make the Switch

Going paperless is attractive to law firms for a variety of different reasons. It’s better for the environment, most clients prefer it, it reduces storage costs and it can make your firm more efficient on a day-to-day basis..
August 17, 2020

5 Rules: What I Learned During a Pandemic about Running a Business

It’s no secret that the virtual practice of law is on the rise.This new work style is especially prevalent among younger, entrepreneurial attorneys, as practicing law […]
August 12, 2020

Diversity & the Law: It’s About More Than Who You Hire

If there’s one industry with a reputation for impenetrable language, it’s the legal profession. In fact, even some of the most negative terms people use to […]
August 11, 2020

7 Important Supreme Court Decisions of 2019 for Trial Lawyers

If there’s one industry with a reputation for impenetrable language, it’s the legal profession. In fact, even some of the most negative terms people use to […]
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