Interesting approach to building legal teams: Lawyers function best as members of a team. No lawyer can do everything. A paralegal or administrative assistant whose qualifications and skills meet your needs will effectively extend the reach and quality of your practice. You can hire such a person to work full time, on your payroll. However, technology increasingly affords an efficient...
Another good article found & submitted to The Estrin Report by Celia C. Elwell, RP: "It’s no secret that lawyers and legal staff have high-pressure jobs. As if we were not multitasking enough, mobile technology makes us even more accessible to client service and other demands. Untamed, it leads to information overload, multiple interruptions throughout the day and more stress. ...
Well, this is how law firm leaders should manage. Well, except for the "young person's game" comment: "James Fotenos knows he is playing a young people's game. "All the leaders at Greene Radovsky Maloney & Share are -- but the firm's founders and senior partners are well into their 50s and 60s. Though they say they have no intention of slowing down any time soon, they have...
New murder mystery victim is a paralegal! "Goldy’s back and as usual, it’s murder! If you’re a mystery reader, and haven’t yet picked up one of Diane Mott Davidson's previous 12 culinary mysteries featuring Goldy (Bear) Schulz — millions of which are in print — you’re in a true minority. Sampling this Colorado caterer’s crimes du jour is a must for the clue-oriented...
This use of attorney time is good: "Just admitted to the Ohio Bar last summer, Chad Sizemore, an attorney with Jenks, Piper & Oxley Co. LPA, began looking for opportunities to volunteer his time. He soon came across the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, an organization that helps connect lawyers interested in volunteering their services with those who need -- but can't afford --...
This Colorado paralegal makes a difference! "Here's a compressed look at Debbie Hindin-King's profession and volunteerism: litigation and visitation. "She's a paralegal with the Holland & Hart law firm. "In her spare time, she devotes around 15 hours a week to volunteering, mainly with the Central Visitation Program. "She is the April recipient of the Minoru Yasui...
Interesting news about a company that audits legal bills: "Harry Maue tried to start a legal auditing business three times before getting his company off the ground in 1985."Stuart, Maue, Mitchell & James Ltd. of Bridgeton helps companies manage their legal bills, which can be a mystifying and burgeoning expense in a litigious society. "The third time, an article about the...
Well, this is an unusual pairing! "Minneapolis attorney William Mauzy, one of the best-known criminal lawyers in Minnesota, has joined the high-profile law firm of Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi to bolster its white-collar defense practice. "Mauzy joins former U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones and government antitrust attorney Christopher Madel to focus on corporate crime, securities and...
Good work by paralegals in Uganda! "Paralegals have recovered over 10 acres of land that clan leaders grabbed from widows in Kaserem and Kawowo sub-counties. An area supervisor Burhani Kitiyo said this followed meetings the paralegals held with clan leaders, to sensitise them on the laws of inheritance. He said the clan leaders had grabbed the land due to ignorance of inheritance laws."
Sigh, this is still happening? And getting worse!? "Employment lawyers say pregnancy discrimination lawsuits are on the rise in corporate America, particularly among high-level female executives who claim that they are being knocked off the corporate ladder because of maternity issues. "In Chicago, a national marketing manager is suing Merisant Worldwide Inc., the maker of Equal...