Legal Talk Network

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

How It’s Done: The Story Behind A Solo Practice Starting your own firm isn’t easy, but there’s nothing like hearing a success story to inspire you on your way. Lydia also explains how technology can help you avoid burnout by alleviating the burden of time-consuming tasks and helping your firm run smoothly.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

There are seven as the title would imply, there are seven key metrics that we track every year. So there are seven seven metrics that we have consistently tracked over those years so that we can track the trends of them. And I think we’re seeing or hearing about both of those things today. Greg Lambert 3:58 Yeah.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . Most states implement rule changes in batches, two or four times per year. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014. Causes of Missed Deadlines.

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Ron Friedmann

JULY 22, 2020

From both what I read in mainstream media and experiences I regularly hear from friends, neither doctors nor patients have benefited from that disruption.] Prior to his arrival, there was not a single system to track legal spend. Brad focused on freeing up lawyers to spend more time on strategy and innovation for the company.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He was part of the team that hired me, like I mentioned, I was I was consulting and at that point in time, I was traveling upwards of 200,000 miles a year flying and it just, it got to be too much for me and I really wanted to look for a little bit more of a stable lifestyle. We talk about everything all the time. I’m good with that.

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Legal Talk Network

MARCH 2, 2023

You can almost hear them thinking “ am I saying the right stuff? Interrupt a long, off-track ramble. You as the host are the only one who can keep the conversation on track. Your promise is what you do to use the audience’s time well and provide something relevant and a little predictable. Is this what you wanted?

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

” When you hear yourself starting sentences over, help yourself bring that sentence to an end by doing three things. We often listen to lawyers who speak so fast that they cannot monitor their speech in real-time. End sentences decisively , so listeners hear that the end is approaching. You should hear silence.

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Clio

AUGUST 21, 2024

As a lawyer, you’re an expert on the practice of law—but are you taking the time to track what’s important when it comes to guiding the success of your firm? Nowadays, you hear every entrepreneur and investor saying “KPI”—so much that you might think of “KPI” as merely a buzzword. Why are Law Firm KPIs valuable?

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Clio

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Some content ideas include: “8 Things to Know Before Filing for Divorce in [state]” “Common Questions About Child Support in [your city]” “What to Expect During a Custody Hearing” “How to Get a Prenup in Chicago” Remember—quality is key. Avoid overstuffing your content with keywords.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2021

During my coaching calls, I often hear things like, “I was too busy to do much last month,” “It’s just a really crazy time for me” or “I couldn’t handle the work if it came in.”. I’ve worked with lawyers my entire career and I know there are times when client or practice demands are overwhelming. Schedule time.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It seems every day we hear about another cyber-attack data breach or company getting hacked. Cyber-attacks are becoming so common now that we’re starting to become desensitized to hearing about them. You’ll hear many lawyers say, “Our practice is too small to get hacked.” So let’s learn some basic defense techniques. Turn it on!

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Clio

AUGUST 7, 2024

And yet law firm billing, including billing clients and chasing down payments, can be one of the most repetitive, dreaded, and time-consuming parts of any lawyer’s day. Billable time and disbursement fees/expenses are logged throughout the case. Billing is critical to the success of your law firm. Where you see the most errors.

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Clio

JANUARY 15, 2024

Turn bus rides and dentist office waiting times into pockets of productivity: There are plenty of apps for lawyers to help you run a mobile practice with ease. No matter how your clients hear about you, they’ll likely look you up before they sign on the dotted line. A raft of two-star reviews could work against you.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

I didn’t question that stat at the time, because it sounded about right to me. NY Times – April 10, 2023 A.I. 39 Work Activities – O*NET defines 39 work activities that apply to each job title they track (I count 41, but maybe Goldman dropped a few intentionally?) Okay, so which is it? Which sounded very familiar to me.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Boredom is good for you and might just be the secret key to getting your life back on track. Like a recent meme I shared, maybe a million times too many, they think of attorneys as “attack librarians.” A string of power failures, medical emergencies and a shift change stranded the train in the middle of nowhere four times.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Marlene Gebauer 0:30 I have I got out a couple times on the kayak, basically hitting the by us and some of the creeks and the waters up. I often found as a practicing attorney, at a large law firm that one of the most effective things you could do to really understand what was important to your clients was just take the time to listen.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

But first time but thankfully, I mean, it only was about a week and Greg Lambert 0:28 And you thought you were he probably thought you were special. And then I can find the light with like, show me other times that we’ve done this matter. In other words, I assume time entry, I assume documents. Good to have in Dallas.

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Global LegalTech Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We are living in amazing transformational times. It is time to create a more sustainable work environment for legal professionals. However, we have a systemic dependency because selling time is a profitable way to run a legal business. Moving beyond the time-based legal economy in not an easy ride.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 12, 2022

Contrary to what most of them expect to hear, I can’t answer that question for anyone. You could leave one situation for an equal or worse situation just as easily as a better one — if you haven’t taken the time to figure out what you’re running away from or looking for. What does the partner track look like and do you want it?

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

All I’m keeping hearing everyone’s like, Yeah, I think we’re at the peak or sort of going down into the trough. But we do do that from time to time. In some cases, lawyers built for this time, or legal professionals built for this time, right. You know, it was just radical to have Time and Billing.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In a time of Generative AI Hype, the basic ideas behind Knowledge Management have never been more relevant. Emphasizing the importance of foundational knowledge, Patrick DiDomenico notes that such conferences often attract a substantial proportion of first-time attendees. So I think for them, it’s it’s a good time.

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Ron Friedmann

AUGUST 6, 2020

This century, firms use a range of professionals who cost less than partner track associates. From anecdotal evidence – hearing Big Law friends talk, reading, and attending conferences – I thought the numbers would be lower. Last century, that typically meant delegation to paralegals. Alternative Staffing Maturity.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It’s a phrase we’re hearing a lot about these days, yet the principles are as old as the ages. Instead, Greenleaf holds that true power comes from garnering respect and trust from those who then naturally turn to you (even depend on you) for consistent and reliable leadership in good times and when faced with challenges.

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Martindale-Avvo

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Using these resources can save you from asking questions of colleagues whose time you want to reserve for more pressing professional matters. Now’s the time to really take that feedback to heart. Offer to take new acquaintances to lunch to hear about their work experiences. Also, make sure to look laterally.

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Ron Friedmann

JUNE 17, 2020

Also: using tools to budget and track them; tech to track compliance and flag potential issues. De-Prioritization: we have to give permission to give lawyers time to work on all this. And we needed, at the same time, to build an infrastructure for longer term scalability. Prioritization: balancing short- and long-term.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Are you a busy legal professional haunted by the specter of the billable hour, questioning what counts and unsure of how best to track your time? Billable hours are the time during which attorneys work on tasks related to clients’ cases. What is a billable hour? Did the task help to meet a client’s needs in some way?

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

If queried, most law firms would point to March of 2020 as the point in time that everything changed. Not that you need to hear this again, but this was when the coronavirus pandemic began to shut down modern life in a truly disruptive way. And when was the last time you held physical cash in your hand? It’s been a while, right?

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Rocket Matter

DECEMBER 18, 2024

With our legal client relationship management (CRM) software, you can track prospects through your law firm's website and keep your current clients coming back. If your firm is fighting to gain traction, then its time to hone in on solutions. Integrating your website with your CRM can reduce these wait times dramatically.

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Rocket Matter

JANUARY 23, 2024

You might not think of billing as a way to delight your clients, but it’s time to give it a bit of a rethink. This description can automatically be exported to invoices, reducing your mental load. Case in point: Writing “research” when tracking time will not help clients understand your work.

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Clio

AUGUST 28, 2024

At the same time, the practice of law is changing rapidly. AI This should come as no surprise, but AI has been transforming businesses and law for some time now, and the full reach of its impact is still yet to be seen. NFTs are a unit of data based on blockchain technology that’s to record and track transactions and ownership of data.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 12, 2023

Nathan Walter has been instrumental in creating BriefPoint.ai, a tool designed specifically for lawyers to eliminate the mundane and time-consuming aspects of law practice. Bridget’s work is critical in crafting an interface that enables lawyers to accomplish more work in less time, truly maximizing the benefits of AI integration.

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Clio

MAY 2, 2024

In addition to this, lawyers rarely (if ever) have a let-off—their clients often expect them to perform at their best all the time. Even the most intelligent and successful lawyers feel stressed from time to time. Create law firm processes Lawyers have 1,001 things on their plate at any time. Not one bit.

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Rocket Matter

JUNE 13, 2023

You may hear that it’s a “low-hanging fruit” to “increase bandwidth” and “break down silos” for “improved synergy.” Which means…something. We’ll admit it: the idea of automation can get a little too buzzwordy. But even if you kind of know what that means, do you actually understand what automation does?

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Simple Legal

JUNE 22, 2023

Legal ops teams face numerous challenges in matter management , including handling vast amounts of data, managing documents, tracking deadline changes, and staying updated on progress status. Task management involves tracking deadlines, changes in a matter lead, and more. However, there is a solution. Legal ops teams are busy.

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

MAY 30, 2023

Yeah, I mean, I’d say I dropped out of my PhD a long time ago to work at a hedge fund. And in part of that was because I decided, I think I didn’t really want to do the tenure track thing. I think he was a state Supreme Court Justice prior to his time in the Senate. Or are or do you Michael Bommarito 5:42 is?

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Clio

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Legal docketing is the tracking and management of deadlines and events related to legal work. It involves entering key dates, like hearings, filing deadlines, and other events, into a centralized system to ensure that they are not missed. Book a demo of Clio Manage’s Court Rules feature and automate court deadline reminders with ease!

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3 Geeks and a Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

And now they have like four or five people who manage their LinkedIn presence, which, which always makes me get it all right, like I was way ahead of my time, but I got pretty active on social, especially during the pandemic, I think, like a lot of people did to feel connected to other people. No, we don’t need LinkedIn. And we do that here.

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