How to network without feeling slimy (podcast with transcript)

Lawyers are often told how important professional networking is. But many find it so uncomfortable they feel physically dirty. Why is professional networking so distressing to so many? And how can you overcome it and be successful?

Nov 3, 2014 8:30 AM CST

Tracking Tools: These services help analyze your online efforts

Nov 1, 2014 2:20 AM CDT

Security Test: Innovative lab checks digital products for privacy risks

Nov 1, 2014 1:58 AM CDT

Avvo launches service providing on-demand legal advice for a fixed fee

Avvo Inc., has launched a new on-demand service that provides legal advice at a fixed rate. In a Monday post at Law Sites, Robert Ambrogi provided details of Avvo’s latest venture, Avvo Advisor. Available as an online tool or through an iOS app, users of Avvo Advisor pay $39 for…

Oct 27, 2014 4:31 PM CDT

LegalZoom products will be sold at a discount through Sam’s Club

Sam’s Club members will be able to get “exclusive savings” on LegalZoom products under a partnership announced last week between the discount retailer and the legal-document company. The companies plan to develop “multiple legal solutions” for Sam’s Club members, but initially members will have a couple options, according to a…

Oct 27, 2014 6:45 AM CDT

On the Air: Webcast site is good for drumming up business

Oct 1, 2014 2:30 AM CDT

Law firm uses rapper Master P and his ‘trademark grunt’ to brand its advertising

A well-known rap artist isn’t just narrating video advertising for a Kentucky personal injury law firm. Winton & Hiestand is also branding its services with what Above the Law describes as Master P’s “trademark grunt.” Spelled UGHH! on law firm billboards, which feature the heading “HURT? MAKE EM SAY UGHH!,”…

Sep 25, 2014 12:40 PM CDT

Lawyer’s photoshopped celebrity pictures lead to suspension recommendation

Screenshot from Svitlana Sangary’s website. A lawyer who apparently photoshopped her image into pictures of celebrities and posted them on her website is facing a possible suspension after failing to cooperate in the resulting bar probe. A California bar court judge recommended a six-month suspension for Svitlana Sangary, saying the…

Sep 18, 2014 8:10 AM CDT

5-attorney family law firm is lead sponsor for NASCAR driver, hopes he will win race and new clients

A five-attorney family law firm in Richmond, Va., is taking an innovative approach to advertising for new clients. As lead sponsor for NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek, the Friedman Law firm will have its name emblazoned on the hood, roof, trunk and sides of his number 66 race car this weekend,…

Sep 5, 2014 3:30 PM CDT

How Patrice Perkins creatively serves her creative clients

Photo of Patrice Perkins by Wayne Slezak. Some lawyers might shy away from associating themselves with the word hustle. Patrice Perkins is not one of them. Her Chicago solo practice focuses on contracts and intellectual property work for creative entrepreneurs. With a firm called Creative Genius Law and a clientele…

Sep 4, 2014 8:30 AM CDT

Investors sharpen focus on legal services

Sep 1, 2014 7:50 AM CDT

Judge Judy settles suit over ads with her likeness

Judge Judy has settled her suit that contended a Connecticut personal injury lawyer used her image without her authorization. Judy Sheindlin said in a statement that she and Hartford lawyer John Haymond “reached an amicable resolution of their claims against each other,” according to the Connecticut Law Tribune and TMZ.…

Aug 12, 2014 3:12 PM CDT

Restriction on judicial quotes in lawyer ads violates First Amendment, 3rd Circuit rules

A federal appeals court has found a lawyer’s free speech rights were violated by a New Jersey ethics rule that barred lawyers from using judicial quotes in attorney advertising unless the full opinion is used. The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (PDF) on Monday in favor of…

Aug 12, 2014 1:08 PM CDT

Are old ethics rules stifling innovations in legal services delivery and marketing?

The legal services delivery environment is changing with supersonic speed as technology brings new innovations. But these new methods of delivering and marketing legal services still must pass muster under ethics rules that have been in effect for years if not longer. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but…

Aug 8, 2014 10:45 PM CDT

Gun owners are looking to join prepaid legal defense plans

Aug 1, 2014 9:09 AM CDT