Practice Areas

By Bankruptcy Attorney

I have been an Attorney for several years and I have gone through several practice areas since opening my own law firm.

I originally had three (3) or so practice areas which i decided i would enter into because they were "hot" at the time.

I recently spoke to a solo who had been practicing for 20 something years and he told me that he had managed to stay alive by changing his practice areas with the times.


Here are my recommendations:

1. Do what interests you, because if you hate what you do it will show.

2. Change and alter an area or two as the market changes.

3. Stay informed. I know CLE is boring, but sometimes it can be extremely helpful. I am constantly updating myself on changes in the law.

4. Have a mentor in your corner for each area of law you practice so that you can pick their brain when you need to. Listservs can be extremely helpful. I head one solo listserv and I am on two others. We freely ask questions and exchange referrals.

5. Market yourself. It does not cost money sometimes to attend networking events or to call up your friends and let them know you are now solo and what you do. Create a website and send out some promotional information.


Good Luck solo, its a competitive market out there!

Practitioner Etiquette : Part 2

By Charlotte Attorney

Often times we get so caught up trying to defend our clients and put notches under our belt that we forget the other Attorney deserves respect.

Lets face it everyone makes mistakes, lefts face it. Everyone has a law degree and a bar license, which is pretty hard to get. That being said, everyone deserves respect.

Do your best

Follow the local and procedure rules

It's ok to try to frervently represent your client, but do not be rude or disrespectful to another Attorney

Get on the Phone talk to the other Attorney a lot of times things get lost in translation over email and pleadings

Your client has a goal and their client has a goal. Find out what their client's bottom line and what your client's is.

Talk to your client about realistic outcomes and goals.

If opposing counsel and yourself get off to a bad start, try to workout the differences and work together to get the case resolved with ethic rules in mind.

Good Luck Solo hard work is only part of the job, relationships is the other portion!

Unconscionabilty of Law Schools

By Bankruptcy Attorney

Every year new law schools are springing up and charging high tuition and fees. Why does the ABA allow this to occur? There is a supply/demand imbalance. There are fore more Attorneys than there are jobs and opportunities. The real reason is that Law Schools are businesses and they feed the ABA $ to keep their accreditation.

Take Charlotte School of Law For example. This is one of the most evident cases of greed. Tuition here is somewhere between $22,000-$30,000.00 a year. The received their accreditation sometime in 2008 or 09. It is a Delaware non-profit corporate organization and is run and owed by a series of investment companies in florida! What does this mean? A lot of people are going to lawschool these days thinking that they will get out and be able to get a good job. Good LUCK. Even biglaw attorneys (larger firms) are being laid off and forced to hang their singles and start anew.

So when you sit there and think about your student loan balance and how you will be paying that off for the rest of your life, think well at least i got a law degree! And that's just invaluable isnt?


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