Profit on unfinished business isn’t property belonging to a defunct law firm, New York's highest court has ruled answering a question submitted to it by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Read More »July 3, 2014 Comments Off on Defunct law firm can’t claim fees from former partners’ cases
Profit on unfinished business isn’t property belonging to a defunct law firm, New York's highest court has ruled answering a question submitted to it by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Read More »March 4, 2014 Comments Off on The keys to content marketing — for lawyers
Journalists often live by the mantra, “content is king.” The idea is that the more information you can share with your audience, the more connections you make and trust you build. The same applies to lawyers. But how does a firm go about creating content and then marketing it to the vast sea of potential clients?
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Read More »September 16, 2013 Comments Off on McDaniel joins Ballard Spahr after 30 years as a solo
After nearly 30 years, trial attorney William Alden McDaniel Jr. has traded in his shingle for larger, more complex cases and fewer paper clips.
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Read More »August 28, 2013 1 Comment
Choosing where you want to open your law practice often influences other big decisions that come with being a solo practitioner.
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Read More »August 1, 2013 Comments Off on Lawyer wants access to traffic docket back
An Ellicott City lawyer is fighting a change in the rules governing access to court records, which he says denies him public information and hampers his business.
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Read More »July 8, 2013 Comments Off on Baltimore lawyer to lead Saul Ewing
Saul Ewing LLP has named a Baltimore lawyer as its first firm-wide managing partner outside its Philadelphia home base.
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Read More »December 4, 2012 Comments Off on Survey: Law firm leaders feel good about 2013
A recent survey suggests leaders of major law firms are optimistic about 2013 despite the fiscal crisis in Europe and regulatory uncertainty in the United States.
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Read More »November 16, 2012 Comments Off on The pluses and minuses of partnership
One lawyer says to be sure a 'proffered proffered partnership position is indeed a prize, not a trap.'
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Read More »November 12, 2012 Comments Off on Don’t take that case, or The promise of a phone call
Do you have rules about prospective cases?
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Read More »May 17, 2012 2 Comments
In the opening scenes of “Jerry Maguire,” the main character, a self-described “shark in a suit” sports agent, has an epiphany and types out a “mission statement” that he then distributes to all the other agents in his firm. He ...
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