Small-firm practice is especially prone to wide fluctuations in workload. Some weeks you’re in the office until 2 a.m. every night, other weeks you’re watching the fall colors change on WA Frost’s patio at 4 in the afternoon. It’s those ...

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The ABA Ethics Commission 20/20 recently met to discuss a package of proposals that are likely to affect small and solo law firms. At the end of last year and earlier this year, the commission issued a series of papers that address the impact of technology and globalization on the practice of law.

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Solos and small firms looking for ways to attract new customers and stabilize their income should consider an increasingly popular option: portfolio billing. Portfolio billing is an arrangement where a law firm takes on all the legal work ...

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Solo and small-firm lawyers often hear how important marketing is to their success. But they often don’t spend enough time evaluating the outcomes of their marketing efforts. To save time and money on fruitless efforts ...

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Ready for an e-discovery challenge? Earlier this year, Austin, Texas trial lawyer and technologist Craig Ball threw down the gauntlet with E-Discovery for Everybody: the EDna Challenge.

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