There are a number of attorneys who make their living by making court appearances for other attorneys, typically at case management conferences and minor motions. They search the docket for upcoming hearings, and send emails to the attorneys, making them aware of their availability. This was a great service back in the day, but with…
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Best Testimony of the Week
A cautionary (and entertaining) tale of an attorney who set himself up for ridicule during testimony by way of a false hypothetical. My client was being deposed, and he had testified that his wife had spent a great deal of time managing an apartment complex that she owned with a partner. Let’s call it the…
Lawyer App of the Month – Jotbox
It always seems to happen in the shower. I come up with a brilliant strategy for one of my cases or remember something that needs to be calendared. (I read once that there is actually some scientific basis for epiphanies in the shower, having to do with ions or something.) I need to get the…
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I love e-books, and manage to go through four or five per week, mostly nonfiction. How do I go through so many books in a week? As I explain in more detail here, I use my Kindle’s text-to-speech function, cranked up to two or three times the normal speed (no, there is no chipmunk quality),…
How Does Google Work?
In my book, How to Create a Big, Fat Pipeline of New Clients for Your Law Firm in Just 10 Days, I discuss all the factors Google looks at to determine which search results will appear on page one. I came across this very good video that discusses the issues as well, and provides a basic…