Not many lawyers have had extensive business management courses or training, and that’s a really unfortunate fact for those looking to run their own practice or become a managing partner of a small law firm. For lawyers who decide to hang their shingle and run their own firm, practice management is an extremely important, if […]

Attorneys have an obligation to avoid situations in which they will have a conflict of interest such as[1]: Concurrent representation of clients with adverse interests Successive representation of clients with adverse interests Conflicts resulting from lawyer’s receipt of confidential information outside attorney-client relationship Conflicts resulting from lawyer’s relationships with non-clients Professional Liability insurance companies, such […]

When you communicate with a client by email, [simple_tooltip content=’SMS stands for Short Message Service and is the most widely used type of text messaging. With a SMS, you can send a message of up to 160 characters to another device.’]SMS text message[/simple_tooltip], through [simple_tooltip content=’Internet messaging technology is a type of online chat that […]

Sometimes the electronic files your attorneys and staff must share with clients, opposing counsel, the Court, health insurance companies, or payroll processing companies are too big to fit as an attachment to an email, or should not be shared via unencrypted email. When this happens, you will need to find another way to securely share […]

Matter management describes the management of all elements involved in an individual legal matter within a firm and is an integral factor in the success of any law practice. Proper and effective organization offers insight into the various facets of each matter and provides a clear sense of a matter’s trajectory in order to reasonably […]