From women-owned solo law practices to leadership positions, women are making an impact Two female attorneys, Jami Wintz McKeon and Therese Pritchard, made headlines this fall as they assumed leadership positions at big law firms. Their appointments were noteworthy because women account for less than 17 percent of partners at the top 200 law firms [...]
Making the decision to go from solo law practice to hiring staff When you launched your solo law practice, it’s likely you were focused on landing your first few clients and tackling the early logistics of starting a business. Long-term growth might have been at the back of your mind, but you didn’t give it [...]
Productivity and Work-life Balance Go Hand-in-hand One of the main reasons solo lawyers cite for wanting to launch their own firms is achieving a greater sense of work-life balance. After long hours – and too many weekends – working at a big law firm to meet billable-hour quotas, the draw of setting one’s own schedule [...]
Summer Networking for Lawyers Now that summer is here, many of you might be more interested in planning your vacation than focusing on marketing your business. We hope you do get a good break, because it’s great for your productivity to take time to recharge and refresh, but summer is also a good time to [...]
A quick guide to what you can and can’t say when marketing your solo law practice Starting a solo law firm means that you are running a business and, like all businesses, some marketing is necessary for finding new clients and work. In the legal profession, however, there are some specific ethics rules businesses must [...]
The New Law Business Model: From Big Law to Solo Practice. LawBank was recently featured in an article in Law Week Colorado, which discussed the growing movement of mid-career attorneys moving from big law firms to solo practice. The article features several LawBank client attorneys discussing the advantages of a collaborative co-working environment for lawyers. [...]
The promise of holding his own destiny in his hands led Doida to solo practice. This week, Stan Doida Jr. will celebrate the second anniversary of Doida Law LLC, his solo law practice. He has been a regular fixture at LawBank since about six months after launching his business – he was the second lawyer [...]
What it takes to move past the road blocks and launch your own law business. In our last post, we looked at five traits of successful entrepreneurial lawyers. Today, in a continuation of that idea, we look at some action items that can help you overcome the common setbacks that hinder lawyers from starting their [...]
5 signs that going solo as an entrepreneurial lawyer could be right for you. Maybe you’re a mid-career attorney mulling over the idea of leaving a large firm to start your own specialized practice, or maybe you’re a recent law school graduate with big dreams of early entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial lawyers are seeking new [...]
