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What to expect when you’re expecting a new practice group
Like growing a family, expanding a firm via a new practice group can be an exciting proposition, especially for first-timers.
How to budget for law firm marketing expenditures
Despite all the financial demands solos and small-firm attorneys face, it’s crucial to make some room in the budget for marketing expenditures.
31 days, 31 ways to boost business
Growing your practice is a daily effort. As we head into 2013, why not spend the final month of the year dedicating time each day to one marketing or business development activity that could better your practice in the coming year. Here are 31 tips to get you started.
Create strong referral networks to grow your business
It’s easy to say you build your practice by word of mouth, but how do you really know whether word actually is spreading?
Where to turn when tackling tech requests
A client may tremble with fear or fume with annoyance when asked to produce electronic data but it’s up to the legal support team to talk the client down from the ledge.
Small-firm tips for using Twitter … by Twitter
The authors of “Twitter for Small Business — a Guide to Get Started” should know a bit about how to use the ubiquitous social-media service to its maximum potential; the guide is published by Twitter itself.
Is it time to rebuild your firm’s website?
At this point, nearly every company law firm has a website, and for good reason.
Breaking up with IT: How to eliminate issues when changing tech partners
Information technology touches every part of a law firm, from basic day-to-day operations to larger security issues. So changing an IT provider, whether in-house or an outside vendor, can be potentially painful.
Hidden threat: Lawyers cautioned on potential ethical pitfalls of metadata
There’s a potential ethical threat lurking in electronic documents.
Easy access: Ensure your website is smartphone-friendly
Your law firm’s website may look great on a PC, but if it’s not customized to sync with mobile devices, it could be a headache for clients trying to find a lawyer on their smartphones.
Don’t bill for thank-you notes
Relationships matter, goes the familiar marketing maxim. And communications are the key to a successful collaboration between a lawyer and the in-house legal counsel who hires the lawyer.
How to prepare for an audit
Worrisome though it might be, if you’ve learned your company will be subject to an audit by the state, it’s better for in-house counsel to plan ahead and start preparing immediately.
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
