“It is not enough to be busy. … The question is: What are we busy about?”                — Henry David Thoreau As attorneys, our time is our stock in trade. Effective time management is ...

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If you Google the words “leadership qualities” you will find no shortage of entries. Rather than open those links and write about what others have to say, I decided to offer observations based on my own experience. Show empathy. This ...

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Said one forward-thinking lawyer to another: “Let’s just go paperless. We can free up all that space in the file room and quit paying so much for outside file storage.” “What a great idea!” said the other. “We’ve already got ...

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Well-established ideas about the delivery of legal services are changing, and not all of the changes are going to be good for lawyers. The way people purchase music and rent movies for home viewing has changed. The adoption of mobile ...

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What do you do if a job candidate walks into an interview wearing a hijab, yarmulke or cross? You may have no intention of discussing religion during the interview, yet the candidate’s headwear, facial hair, jewelry or tattoos may raise ...

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Employers are well served to develop a strategy for hiring. One strategy may be the “defensive hiring process.” Although the name sounds bad, the strategy itself is sound. Defensive hiring allows the company to identify the most qualified candidates for ...

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January sucks. I don’t know what it is about this time of year, but it’s not just me. I’ve talked to other solos or small-firm lawyers, and almost all of them have said the same thing. January sucks. It’s not ...

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Lawyers often run right up to a deadline before they file a pleading. But dealing with doctor-provided deadlines may require some flexibility, when it comes to planning to take family leave from a law practice. Attorney Anthony Cotton, of Waukesha, ...

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Like all driven professionals, law-firm partners sometimes can disappoint when it comes to dealing with colleagues’ personal problems. The reason is simple and more than understandable when seen in the context of everyday life: When a potential issue emerges, the ...

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The hardest part of lawyering, arguably, is collecting the money owed to you. Certainly, sending out a bill does not guarantee that the bill will be paid. So what is a lawyer to do? Below are 12 specific ways that ...

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