Every now and then I get some negative reponses when I talk one-on-one to lawyers about upcoming changes in the future of our profession. The most common comment is that the present times are a temporary blip and when the economy gets better, the amount of legal work will increase. Or they say that the
May 2014
Keeping your trust account trustworthy
Peggy Gruenke has written a nice pair of articles on trust accounting for the Attorneyatwork site. Last month's article was Would You Pass a Trust Account Audit? and the most recent one is Handling Settlement Funds: A Best-Practices Checklist. I've know Peggy since her days as a bar association executive. These are very clear…
The Best of Legal Tech for Solos and Small Firms 2014
This month's Digital Edge podcast covers "The Best of Legal Tech for Solos and Small Firms 2014."
John Simek is our guest, who is the business partner and spouse of my podcast teammate, Sharon Nelson. Together with Michael C. Maschke, they were the authors of The 2014 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical…
The Breakdown: When Things Go Wrong
My most recent column in Law Practice magazine is titled The Breakdown: When Things Go Wrong. The inpiration for this was pretty simple. As my friends know, I have had a thing or two go wrong this year. But things are getting better. Lawyers should consider their personal work habits in view of how easy…
A Great Free Guide for Utilizing Evernote
Here's a great explanation of why you need to use Evernote.
"Evernote is software that is a digital extension to your biological memory. Remembering ideas becomes trivial….The intellectual demands on professional life can be overwhelming. Great minds are best deployed to the intractable problems to hand. But life is made up of lots of little
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