As a kid, I always thought any Hollywood cowboy who could shoot from the hip and kill the villain was one tough hombre that no one in their right mind would ever want to mess with. I viewed those cowboys as heroes and would often pretend I was one of them when playing in the [...]
“We must cultivate our garden.” —Voltaire, Candide I wasn’t much of a Voltaire fan when I was assigned Candide in a European History course in college, which seems like 100 years ago. Truth be told, I find it about as impenetrable today as I did back then. As an avid vegetable gardener, however, I find [...]
Sometimes the teacher becomes the student, which is exactly what happened to me during a post CLE conversation between a panel member and an attendee that I was fortunate enough to be privy to. In short, the conversation centered around the issue of title insurers bringing claims against their attorney title agents for title search [...]
Sometimes a call comes in that I feel compelled to write about and this is one of those times. The question seemed simple enough. Basically, the callers wanted to know if the fact that a solo attorney was going to be added to their firm website as Of Counsel solely for marketing purposes would have [...]
With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to impact in-person networking and marketing opportunities, smart and ethical legal marketing is an ever more critical component of legal practice. Legal marketing encompasses a wide variety of methods and media, including print and broadcast advertisements, social media, websites, webcasts, and seminars, among others. Internet marketing is ubiquitous, and for [...]
Smart and ethical legal marketing is an important component of legal practice. Legal marketing encompasses a wide variety of methods and media, with internet marketing playing an outsize role. Increasingly, attorneys rely on third-party internet marketing companies that offer a variety of methods to increase exposure and generate leads, ranging from basic services to drive [...]
Here at ALPS, all of us who work in claims and risk management periodically take calls from lawyers unsure if they need to report a claim. While we view reaching out for assistance in working through this important decision as a good thing, we also recognize that some lawyers will choose not to if for [...]
In the context of a conversation between an attorney and a client, effective communication occurs when both the attorney and the client feel they have been heard. For example, at the outset of representation, a client is often looking for confirmation that their lawyer understands what the problem and desired outcome is. Similarly, a lawyer [...]
More than a few lawyers who exclusively practice in the mediation or criminal defense space believe that purchasing malpractice insurance is a waste of money. The justifications lawyer mediators typically rely on are that they have quasi-judicial immunity as a defense and/or in most situations, the allegations of malpractice are baseless. The justification criminal defense [...]
There may be people in both your professional and personal lives who are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to the level of precautions, mask wearing and physical distancing they want to do in the time of COVID. The most solid advice I’ve heard is from a good friend who is [...]
