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A recent telephone conversation I had with a woman who, despite her basic fears, called to discuss divorce mediation, prompts this column. She voiced a list of worries: “I’m afraid my interests won’t be represented. I will have no one ...

Tagged with: ADR Domestic Relations

As you toasted the New Year, health care reform probably was the last thing on your mind. But for many employers, the start of 2014 signals the start of new compliance obligations as well as the first real health care ...

Tagged with: Employment Health Care Act Insurance

Once we’ve lost those last 10 pounds, cleaned out the garage and written all of our holiday thank-you notes, what will we do with all of our free time? Let’s add one more resolution: to clarify, once and for all, ...

Happy New Year! As we welcome a new year and the opportunity for a fresh start, many of us make resolutions for our personal and professional growth and development. Why not do the same for your legal writing? Below is ...

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Marketing your law firm isn’t — or shouldn’t be — a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants operation; it should be a highly planned activity every year. If you haven’t done so already, you should start planning now for next year. Strategic planning “Marketing happens ...

Tagged with: Legal Marketing

One of the most painful things to watch is the slow death of a law firm or company website. Here are just a few mistakes we see that, when rectified, can make a big impact on the effectiveness of a ...

No longer is mediation the new strategy on the block; however it continues to be discussed and, in some cases debunked by litigants and their counsel. One might ask, “What reasons underlie the negative reactions to mediation?” In my experience, ...

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Investing comes with certain risks. You could be so risk-adverse that you keep all of your money in Certificate of Deposits believing that you are safe, when in fact you may not be earning enough to keep pace with the ...

Tagged with: Wealth Management

Before a lawyer can convince a client to take on the burden of preparation, the lawyer has to be convinced. Unfortunately, while law schools may do a good job of teaching legal principles and theory, they often ignore the true ...

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More than 20,000 legal practitioners worldwide have abandoned their adversarial, win-at-all-costs approach in favor of a more holistic method. The growing integrative law movement draws on everything from mediation to neuroscience to find out-of-court solutions that safeguard clients’ emotional and ...

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