Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This is why some Americans resort to tax advisors, attorneys, or other professionals to help them meet their obligations under tax laws. Even people who can afford it may want to know the basics about how the law works before diving into the details, or deciding whether they want professional help.

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LawNext podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Today, their nonprofit has helped over 16,000 low-income families discharge more than $700 million in debt through Chapter 7 bankruptcy all at no cost to users. Today, their nonprofit has helped over 16,000 low-income families discharge more than $700 million in debt through Chapter 7 bankruptcy all at no cost to users.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Then, lawyers in our directory can provide a basic answer that helps the user better understand the law. While the forum regularly receives questions across our various practice areas, these five were the most active in the second quarter of 2023: family law , criminal law , real estate law , landlord-tenant law , and divorce.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JUNE 26, 2023

Lawyers can offer preliminary information and guidance that can help users better understand the law and the next steps. Lawyers interested in learning more about how Justia Ask A Lawyer can help their law firms grow should take a look at our previous Justia Onward post about the benefits of Justia Ask A Lawyer as a tool to reach clients.

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Colin S. Levy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

And if clients refuse to pay for humans to handle routine work, what will that mean to a law firms bottom line? Weve heard all of the fears about GenAIs use in the practice of law. Imagine a world in which a law firm has figured out a way to use GenAI to do simple tasks quickly and well. Isnt that bad for the law firm?

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Using legal data for strategic law firm planning is no longer reserved for BigLaw. For law firms, it’s critical to gather intelligence about real-time trends that are creating sharp and sudden changes as well as longer-term trends affecting the overall health of your markets. Long-Term Trends.

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Above the Law - Technology

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Thomson Reuters Institute, in its 2024 Report on the State of the US Legal Market , released today in partnership with the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law ( whose URL returns a page not found), uses Pan Am’s story to drive home a simple point for U.S. law firms: Innovate or die.

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LawSites

APRIL 5, 2023

Email communications are a cornerstone of running a modern law firm. According to the American Bar Association, 41% of law firms use email marketing. As one of the most commonly used law firm marketing tools, emails are expected by clients as part of their legal experience. Why do law firms need email marketing?

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MatterSuite

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Here are some basic rules for successful communication with law firm clients: Enhancing a case outcomes It is common for attorneys to be more focused on a certain field of law. Developing your interpersonal skills It is very important since clients are not coming to you for everything they need to know about the law.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Did you know that potential clients don’t always land on your law firm’s homepage first? They might discover your site through a page explaining DUI laws, a blog post about child custody, or even a video testimonial from a past client. They’re comparing different law firms and looking for the right fit.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As part of our mission to make the law free and accessible for all, Justia helps consumers connect with legal information directly from lawyers through Justia Ask A Lawyer, our free question-and-answer forum. Which States Submit the Most Questions? People from across the nation submit questions via Justia Ask A Lawyer!

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Above the Law - Technology

JULY 10, 2023

In what is clearly a major milestone for Milestones , a legal tech company whose product provides law firm clients with automatic updates on their cases, it has closed a $2.1 It primarily served law firms in areas such as personal injury, workers’ compensation and immigration, where cases are linear and have fairly standard milestones.

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Lawmatics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Bankruptcy law firms face mounting competition and pressure to stand out. With a few dominant players controlling a large share of the bankruptcy market, niche practices must get creative and strategic with their marketing to attract clients and grow their business. As a result, firms must adapt their marketing approach.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The legal analytics platform Lex Machina , which is owned by LexisNexis, has again expanded its coverage, this time adding a Chapter 11 bankruptcy module that provides legal analytics for over 115,000 Chapter 11 proceedings. The module includes the entire docket in any bankruptcy proceeding filed after 2009 in a U.S.

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Martindale-Avvo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Warm and welcoming is perhaps your best option if you practice family law, as you want clients to feel comfortable opening up about deeply personal matters. It tells your potential clients exactly what kind of law you practice. Ask yourself the direct question: what does your legal website say about your law firm? services.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

When former Wall Street lawyerJonathan Pettsjoined forces in 2016 withRohan Pavuluri, then a research assistant in Harvard Law Schools Access to Justice Lab, andMark Hansen, a software engineer, to create Upsolve, they had a simple but powerful vision: make bankruptcy filing as accessible as online tax preparation for Americans crushed by debt.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In a unique partnership between a law firm and a legal technology company, the immigration firm Siskind Susser and its technology affiliate Visalaw.Ai The new product is being built on the NextChapter case management platform, adapted from the NextChapter bankruptcy platform that Fastcase acquired in 2019. Visalaw.Ai

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Lawmatics

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Considering that 38% of clients initiate their search for legal assistance online ( Finances Online ), if your law firm isnt on that first page, youre practically invisible. Thats the power of digital marketing for law firms, and at the heart of it lies SEO (Search Engine Optimization). What Is SEO for Law Firms? Short answer?

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Brett Trout

JANUARY 29, 2025

A poorly handled patent case can cost a company millions of dollars, stifle innovation, or even push a company into bankruptcy. Why Patent Litigation Is a Different Beast Patent law isnt like other areas of litigation. Brett Trout When it comes to intellectual property disputes, the stakes are high.

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Future Lawyer

MARCH 17, 2023

Hey, why not blame the bankruptcy of SVB on remote workers? SVB Employees Blame Work At Home For Bank Failure. I suppose it was inevitable. The companies who are struggling to get their employees to come back to work needed ammunition. If the workers had better interpersonal communications, these failures wouldn't occur!

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Legal Tech Monitor

JULY 6, 2023

My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ** Driving Law Firm Efficiency: Proven Productivity Tips In today’s ever-evolving world, technology has become a key differentiator for lawyers, driving productivity and profitability in a highly competitive market. Bankruptcy matters had the highest WIP (10.9) hours per workday.

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Legal Talk Network

JUNE 28, 2022

You can look at] small data, I mean think about it, you’ve got a corpus of information in your law firm through which you can measure your clients and your staff and the activity of those two groups. Smart law firms are motivated to track effectively because if you want to get paid you want to track your financial information.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Would you like the good news or the bad news about practicing law during a recession? Unless you were admitted before about 2005, you haven’t practiced law going into a recession. Table of contents What Should You Know About Practicing Law During a Recession? What Should You Know About Practicing Law During a Recession?

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It is written by Mark Chandler , former chief legal officer at Cisco Systems from 2001- 2021 and now a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School and a fellow at the Stanford’s Deborah L. Tellingly, Upsolve limited itself to bankruptcy because of the relative uniformity of data collection thanks to having one, national bankruptcy code.

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Brett Trout

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Using this argument, Starbucks sought to pierce the corporate veil, presumably to hold Rothschild personally accountable if AT were to attempt to declare bankruptcy after losing the patent suit. Defamation: The Case Takes Another Turn As if the case wasnt already contentious enough, Rothschild responded by suing Starbucks for defamation.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

While TikTok presents a great opportunity for law firms to market their services, many attorneys are unsure of how to use the app or whether it is worth the investment. Kelly Chang is a family law attorney who shares informative, humorous videos with her audience of nearly 300,000. Kelly Chang @lawyerkelly. Anthony Barbuto @thelawyer.

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LawSites

APRIL 17, 2023

Now, an analysis of passive timekeeping data by the law practice management company MyCase finds that lawyers who use passive timekeeping billed an extra 64 hours last year. This first report, published last week , looks at law firm productivity, using anonymized data from lawyers who are MyCase customers.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Bankruptcy proceedings may begin, FEMA recoupments may still be outstanding, and civil and disability rights cases may be filed. Law Library’s libguide, Natural Disaster Laws and Resources , and these library books: Ducktown Smoke / D. Law Library Insurance claim disputes and scams may become prevalent. [5]

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Legal Talk Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

At the center of the Silicon Slopes region, Filevine has been innovating how law firms can leverage technology, specifically AI, to gain efficiencies in their practice, and improve the client experience. They also discuss the variability of KPIs across different practice areas and which ones might be major indicators of success in a law firm.

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Clio

AUGUST 21, 2024

It’s also an important metric for law firm owners to track —especially if you want to grow your firm and improve your profitability. But how do you know if your law firm’s revenue is enough to grow and scale your business? And how does your firm’s revenue stack up against the average law firm revenue? Check out this post.

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LawSites

AUGUST 28, 2023

Google’s Local Services Ads can be both effective and economical for generating leads for certain types of law practices. With the integration, a law firm can sign up for a Local Services Ads account, manage its account, set up and run ad campaigns, capture new leads, and measure campaign performance, all from within Clio Grow.

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Legal Tech Monitor

JUNE 8, 2023

The SEC’s latest suits against crypto companies underscore the growing volume of work for Big Law in advising the industry in litigation, enforcement, restructuring, bankruptcy work and lobbying.

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Relativity

JUNE 23, 2022

Artificial intelligence plays a big role in the law—so much so that a federal bankruptcy court has joined others facing the question: Can software engage in the unauthorized practice of law?

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Running a law firm is a lot of work. Large law firms understand the need for effective marketing and often hire internal marketing managers to handle this task. Hiring a full-time marketing manager may not make sense for lawyers in solo, small, or mid-sized law firms in the U.S. What Is a Law Firm Marketing Manager?

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LawSites

APRIL 11, 2022

The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary is a publication that provides biographic profiles and financial disclosure information for every federal judge, including those sitting on the Supreme Court, Appellate Courts, Districts Courts, Bankruptcy Courts, and Specialized Courts.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It works like Amazon’s product tags, where a user can search for a specific area of law, such as patent law, and then choose between various services such as advice, registration, transactional, dispute, or bankruptcy services. Am I giving advice for patent law? Or am I instead? Should I get a patent?

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 11, 2021

In the practice of law, scale works the same way. When I started my legal career at the Chicago office of an international law firm, I struggled to keep my head above water just dealing with the discrete tasks I was assigned in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Work on Your Practice, Not in Your Practice.

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