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Managing Client Expectations

By Micah Buchdahl

Ten tips that certainly are not rocket science; yet it is amazing how many attorneys fall short in doing the simplest of things.

Fellow Lawyers are a Solo and Small Firm Lawyer's Best Friend

By Steven M. Gursten

Effectively using your professional network can help small firms and solo practitioners successfully manage client expectations.

Legal Project Management from the Inside: 10 Things Law Firm Leaders Need to Know about Implementing Legal Project Management

By Sheri Palomaki and Felice Wagner

There are dozens of law firms chasing legal project management consultants to help them get started in legal project management. But once the consultants leave and the law firms have to actually implement it, what are the best practices for getting it done?

marketing

"RFP" Is Not Acronymic For "New Found Revenue"

By Amanda M. Quinn and John D. Bowers

Someone is requesting that you submit a proposal for loads of work? Submitting a response is a no-brainer, right? While in some cases that is exactly what you should do, there are many things to consider before planning your business development goals (and non-billable time) around an RFP.

ABA Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference


Get Your Social Media Under Control!

By Kerry Scott Boll

If you are not participating in social media today, you are not only sending a message that you don't care about what people say about you and your brand, but more importantly, you don't have the means to respond to those same people.

MANAGEMENT

Must Growing Your Practice Mean Growing Your Firm?

By Ed Poll

Combining law firms to make them bigger only makes them better when the parties have thought through what they want to accomplish.

technology

Expanding Your Practice with an Online Office

By Stephanie Kimbro

From ABA TECHSHOW 2011
Web-based law practices are emerging as tools to expand an existing law firm and capture a greater segment of the legal services market. Our world is changing as you read this. Will you be prepared for this new future?

MEET THE WOMEN RAINMAKERS!

Joan Lukey

Interview by Rachelle J. Canter

Joan is a commercial complex business litigation trial lawyer with 37 years of practice and is Past President of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Livia Legal


LinkedIn for Lawyers: A Practical Guide to the No. 1 Social Media Tool
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

John D. Bowers, Fox Rothschild LLP

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Elise Martin, Grant & Eisenhofer

BOARD OF EDITORS

Micah U. Buchdahl, HTMLawyers

Margaret M. DiBianca, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

Nicholas Gaffney, Infinite Public Relations

George E. Leloudis, McGuire, Wood & Bissett P.A.

Pamela Annette Palmer, Morris Polich & Purdy

Allison C. Shields, LegalEase Consulting, Inc.

J. Benjamin Stevens, The Stevens Firm, P.A. - Family Law Center

Misasha Suzuki, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP

Qadir Wahid, Ropes & Gray LLP

Wendy L. Werner, Werner Associates, LLC

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