Is LinkedIn past its prime?
What would you do if someone called you “a real tool” on Avvo?
Hashtags, or those strange little “pound signs” to some of you, are popping up across cyberspace.
When searching for something on Google, most people don’t click on anything past the third “organic” or nonsponsored result on the first page.
Analytical. Skeptical. A high degree of urgency. A preference for autonomy. A lower need for social interaction. Resistant to change. Thin-skinned.
Because I’m over the age of 40 and, like many Midwesterners, generally thrifty, coupons intrigue me.
It seems that since email revolutionized lawyer-client communications in the 1990s, technology CLE speakers have been advocating for encryption, yet no one’s doing it.
Unless you’re very new in-house, you’ve likely heard of benchmarking.
In the season premiere of television’s best show, “Breaking Bad,” Walt and Jesse destroy evidence of their criminal activity by demagnetizing the hard drive on a computer seized by the police.
Madison lawyer Sally Hestad about six months ago made a sizable investment in her firm’s two websites, spending about $4,500 for an overhaul and to create mobile versions.
About a year ago, Milwaukee plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer Steve Gabert decided he’d heard one too many defendants testify that “I just didn’t see” the bicyclist.
When I initially considered writing about email marketing, I thought, “How very 1990s.”
From haircuts to restaurant reservations, Kellie Mannette prefers to book all her appointments online.
If you haven’t seen the 1999 cult classic “Office Space,” rent it. Mostly because it’s funny, but also, it demonstrates the biggest cybersecurity threat in your legal department: your people.
If Clarence Darrow were alive today, he’d likely be Googling and “CCAPing” the venire before his trials.
Google has thrown a party with its much-hyped social networking platform Google+ but it appears no one in Wisconsin’s legal community is showing up.
A while ago I realized that sometimes I’m a walking advertisement. The Nike swoosh on my running gear, the Bucky Badger sweatshirt and the Rolex crown on my watch.
Brookfield attorney Dawn Drellos-Thompson realized a few years ago that her small business owner or minimum-wage earning clients could not afford most mediators.
An expert, per Oscar Wilde, is “an ordinary man away from home, giving advice.” He’s probably being well compensated, too.
Glendale attorney Paul Junius is a professional defendant and penny-pincher.
Have you heard about the cool media form attorneys are using to reach out to prospective clients? The one that brings in scads of new business?
The week before last, I wrote about a few lawyers’ impressions of being designated as “Super Lawyers” by the Minnesota-based publication of the same name (one I find slightly schlocky).
BranchOut — the free, year-old professional networking app for Facebook — just can’t decide what it wants to be when it grows up.
Summer is the time of year when select attorneys are informed that they’ve been designated as “Super Lawyers” by a publication of the same name. But are they really the best lawyers in our metropolis?
Clients of BadgerLawyer.com LLC in La Crosse don’t have to wonder what solo practitioner Chris Doerfler charges; he puts that information right on his website.
When Kate Scoptur and other firm leaders at Axley Brynelson LLP, Madison, initially floated the idea of incorporating video into their website, only a few attorneys volunteered to be the guinea pigs.
OK, that’s a lot of capital letters, and Westrup and IBM’s CIO aren’t really that tight. But they are connected on LinkedIn, via a relationship Westrup fostered using LinkedIn Premium.
I’m addicted to Facebook. Considering how many lawyers and judges I’ve friended — who typically have already posted a new status for the day, every day — I don’t think I’m alone in my habit of going to Facebook first, then starting work.
“You got to fill out the form first, and then you wait in the line.” Paul Simon wrote that in a recent song, “The Afterlife,” describing his vision of heaven’s waiting room. But if you’re new to the practice of law in Wisconsin, that sentiment could apply to your new work, too. Since 2000, the [...]
Why not go that extra mile for your clients, by offering them an extranet?
