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LEGAL CENTS: How to brand your practice through cause marketing
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.
Medical examiners’ popularity depends on counsel’s perspective
A medical examiner’s testimony can be the turning point in many cases, but how and whether to employ MEs depends on which side of the table you’re sitting.
How to use your firm’s top customers to improve business, draw in new interest
In order to be successful, firms must be capable of two things: retain clients and gain new ones.
The all-important follow-up call
Rainmakers know better than to make empty follow-up calls inquiring: “Anything new?” or “How would you like to meet one of my partners?”
A foot in the door: Getting a first client meeting
Struggling to get meetings with prospective clients?
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: Think before you push your firm to grow
The Altman Weil consulting firm reported there were 60 law firm mergers and acquisitions announced in the U.S. in 2011, up 54 percent from 2010 and marking the highest level since 2008.
Building your brand: Lawyers refine their images to land target clients
The golden arches. The swoosh. The blue ribbon. They’re all famous brands that immediately connote thoughts or feelings in those who see them.
Ethics mix with e-discovery for attorneys in smaller courts
On the surface, a minor dog bite case does not seem like a logical instance in which electronic discovery of evidence is necessary.
The email revolution: More than just a smiley face
Years ago, the daily mail delivery was a major event in our firm.
Bridging the gap: Small firms use technology to collaborate across miles
Most days, Jim Troupis doesn’t know what faces he’ll see when he walks through the door of his Middleton-based firm, Troupis Law Office LLC.
Solos, small firms turn to virtual assistants
Cutting costs while balancing workload is an ongoing struggle for most solo and small firm owners.
LEGAL CENTS: Tips for how far to push juror info gathering
If Clarence Darrow were alive today, he’d likely be Googling and “CCAPing” the venire before his trials.
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- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
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
