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Inspiring founder | Texas quorum quirks | Homelessness at crisis point | Old firm, new approach

Legal Talk Network

Hear about her dev-to-rev strategy. On the Lawyerist podcast, Canadian lawyer Spencer Keys shares his experience buying a firm straight out of law school, then rejuvenating the small estate-planning practice. Sickmeyer shares her founder story with Legal Rebels podcast host Lyle Moran. Texas politics translated.

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Why hackers are thriving | Startling cyber-attack stats | Court-packing or SCOTUS reform?

Legal Talk Network

But it’s unusual to hear about a licensed lawyer in practice who never even obtained a bachelor’s level degree. Yet that’s exactly what solo estate planning lawyer Rachel Allums managed to achieve. Plus, fewer than half of lawyers report using encrypted email and files. Flipping the script on the path to practice.

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The 2019 Florida Bar Annual Convention

Legal Talk Network

Stay tuned to hear what’s next for her as she passes the gavel. . Florida Bar Annual Convention 2019: Elder Law and Estate Planning Updates. Peggy Hoyt and Alex Douglas sit down with host Geoff Probst to talk about their presentations on Elder Law and Estate Planning from the Florida Law Update session.

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Introducing MMS Messaging: Collect Client Images Faster and Easier

Lawmatics

Even in estate planning, family law, or criminal defense, there are plenty of moments where a client needs to share a physical document, handwritten note, or piece of mail. Instead of please send that via email when you get a chance, they hear: you can just text it. And that shift matters.

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Building a Solid Relationship With Clients Throughout the Client Journey

Attorney at Work

You can prepare a dynamite brief or brilliant estate plan, but if the client journey is difficult, your client still may not be happy. I’m no house-building novice — this is the eighth home we’ve built — so I understand that things don’t always go as planned and I know it’s not always the contractor’s fault.

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6 Benefits of Efficient Law Firm Document Automation

Rocket Matter

The platform allows firms to organize templates by practice area (family law, estate planning, intellectual property law, etc.) When you embrace document generation with a tool like Rocket Matter , its clear how to create the subpoena, pleading, or notice of hearing. And the creation of legal documents is a major part of that.

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How Many Leads Does It Take to Get a Client?

Martindale-Avvo

In other words, the sense of urgency may be greater for a person who needs a criminal defense attorney than for someone searching for an estate planning lawyer. ” In fact, 80% of legal consumers will look elsewhere if they don’t hear back in 48 hours.