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4 Ways Your Law Practice Should Be Like Chick-Fil-A

Mar 2, 2017

Chick-Fil-A has built itself into a giant in the fast-food industry. It didn't happen overnight. And it didn't transpire without adhering to certain core principles. Here are four ways that you can model your law practice after Chick-Fil-A and position yourself for greater success. 1. Commodity Here's the thing about commodities. People either want or need them. There is usually a great deal of competition for things people want or need. In order to reach your intended client, you have to distinguish yourself from others in the marketplace. Maybe you can do that with clever marketing - with talking cows that...

Who Taught My Client How to Avoid Paying Me?

Feb 14, 2017

Portia Porter is the author of Can You Stiff Your Divorce Lawyer?: Tales of How Cunning Clients Can Get Free Legal Work, as Told by an Experienced Divorce Attorney. Her book details all the many ways that wily clients may, can, have, and will escape paying their legal bills. She answers the question posed as the title of her book with a definitive yes. But not only that, she give step-by-step instructions to would-be clients about the hows and whys of effectively escaping payment on a legal bill. By all appearances, Portia Porter has committed professional treason. Her name may be remembered along the likes...

(Why) Should a Lawyer Have a Blog? An Interview with Keith Lee

Feb 9, 2017

Like many other professionals, there are plenty of lawyers who wonder if they should start a blog? And if so, to what end? I took the leap in June of 2016. I enjoy writing and had some ideas for topics to write about where there appeared to be a gap in the market. But in order to answer broader questions about blogging in the legal sphere and whether one should (or should not) consider it, I wanted to consult someone who's been at it a great deal longer than I. Keith Lee is an attorney practicing in Birmingham, Alabama. He...

Three Steps to Becoming a Better Associate

Jan 9, 2017

Now that you're an associate attorney, what steps can you take to become a better associate for yourself and the partners you work for? I write this not as a "guru" who's got it all figured out. I am not saying - "This is what I did, and it'll work for you." Because I'm still here, trying to become a better associate. My purpose here is to pass along some acquired experience, and hopefully wisdom, in an effort to assist you who are entering or at least early in this uncertain and anxiety-ridden tenure as an associate to become a...

When There’s Nothing to Learn from Failure

Nov 27, 2016

Sometimes life presents us with circumstances, some aspects of which are within our grasp and others beyond our control, that come together to result in failure. Here’s what I took away from the experience when confronted with disaster.