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Retreat to recharge your firm 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: November 15, 2010

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2011, law firm retreat, practice management

As the economy continues to take two steps forward and one step back, planning a firm retreat may still seem like an extravagance.

But according to practice management expert Glenn Gutek, it may be just what you need to jumpstart your practice.

Contingency planning protects family, clients 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: November 15, 2010

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2011, contingency planning, practice management, succession planning

Courtney Kennaday, director of the South Carolina Bar’s practice management assistance program, has received more phone calls than she can remember from distraught family members and employees trying to cope with clients after a lawyer’s unexpected death.

Jury consulting on a shoestring 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: November 15, 2010

Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2011, graphics, juries, jurors, jury consulting, jury research, recession, trial consulting, virtual shadow juries

Facing a clampdown on litigation spending, jury consultants are offering a broad range of new, low-cost, online trial research and graphics tools.

ABA panel probes lawyer-rating services 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 28, 2010

Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, Avvo, lawyer ratings

A sub-group of the American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20 is investigating how online and print publications that rate lawyers and law firms come up with their findings.

N.J. jury awards $8.75 million to casino dealer injured in highway crash 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 27, 2010

Tags: auto accident, negligence

A New Jersey jury has found highway authority dispatchers and state police negligent in responding to a multi-car crash that severed a casino dealer’s leg.

Department store may be liable for customer fall 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 26, 2010

Tags: negligence, slip and fall

Dillard’s department store may be liable for a customer’s fall over a "wet floor" sign, the 5th Circuit has ruled in reversing a U.S. District Court.

Crafting legal briefs, ‘Mad Men’ style 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 26, 2010

Tags: copywriting, legal briefs, legal writing

Lisa Solomon, an attorney and legal writing consultant in Ardsley, N.Y., is helping solo and small-firm lawyers channel their inner Don Draper.

Courtroom advantage: Seated at the right – or left? – hand of justice 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 20, 2010

Tags: courtroom seating, unjust seating

Does it matter where you and your client sit in the courtroom? Some lawyers think the team that sits closest to the jury box has an unfair advantage.

Pelvic mesh litigation centralized in N.J. 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 19, 2010

Tags: FDA, Food and Drug Administration, pelvic mesh, vaginal mesh

Lawsuits in New Jersey involving allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have been centralized in Superior Court under Atlantic County Judge Carol E. Higbee.

Simple steps to increase client referrals 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: October 15, 2010

Tags: client referrals, practice management

There’s no better way for solo and small-firm lawyers to build and maintain a practice than through client referrals.