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Review: Premier Miami Issue of Attorney at Law Magazine (Mar 2011)

I’m usually not a fan of unsolicited email, but I am glad that the publishers of Attorney at Law included me in their initial mail out for their premier Issue. In case their email was high jacked by your spam … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Getting Paid for Our Services

I am a firm believer in having no accounts receivables. Of course, this is not always possible because of the nature of the case and because some of our clients need our help in paying us by entering into payment … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Delivering Services to Clients Efficiently and Profitably

For us lawyers to stay in business, the business has to consistently generate a profit. That means our law practice has to bring in enough for us to pay our overhead and let us take some money home to take … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Marketing Your Services

Once we decide what kind of law we practice, we need to find ways to reach the prospective, paying clients who need and will benefit from our services. I think most people confuse sales with marketing, and that may be … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner Attorney

It’s been my experience that attorneys asking these questions generally fall into three groups: those starting out fresh from law school who want to go on their own from the beginning, those who have been at firms and want to … Continue reading

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Solo Lawyer Websites – Do You Know What’s Bringing Visitors to Your Site?

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had some conversations with attorneys who have put up a site or have tweaked an existing site. In our discussion, I always like to ask if they know what keyword phrases are bringing … Continue reading

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Online Legal Marketing to Hispanics-Update

This blog was originally started as an effort to call attention to the growing Hispanic market and how marketing to them could open up the profitability of a solo practice, just like the Big Box stores and others go after … Continue reading

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Document Management & Storage for the Solo Lawyer

As lawyers, we must keep track of client documents to work effectively while the case is active, ensure their confidentiality and store them in a manner that ensures their continued confidentiality for however long the rules tell us to. Scanners … Continue reading

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Solo Practice – Taking A Time Out

When I first started writing this blog, it became immediately obvious that a post a day was going to be near impossible. Eventually, I settled for two posts a week; but even then, there have been weeks I’ve missed my … Continue reading

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Practicing Law – Do We Really Have To?

One of my classmates in law school had graduated from undergrad with a major in music. My first thought when he said this was to wonder what the heck had led him to decide to become a lawyer. Back then … Continue reading

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