Opportunities are growing for lawyers to practice law in digital spaces. But clients still want and need individual attention. If you have a virtual law practice, how can you provide the hand-holding necessary for clients?
Sep 8, 2014 3:55 PM CDT
Once the fourth largest law firm in Toledo, Cooper & Kowalski is shutting its doors 45 years after its founding.
Cooper & Kowalski closed on July 31 and is in…
Sep 8, 2014 6:52 AM CDT
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…
Sep 5, 2014 3:30 PM CDT
John Grisham is a best-selling author who has seen many of his books become major Hollywood pictures. Jason Bailey is a first-time author who maintains a busy legal practice in…
Sep 4, 2014 4:28 PM CDT
Photo of Patrice Perkins by Wayne Slezak.
Some lawyers might shy away from associating themselves with the…
Sep 4, 2014 8:30 AM CDT
The other night I was listening to Terry O’Reilly’s Under the Influence podcast as I drove home. The episode, titled “Satisfaction Guaranteed,” focused on “companies that offer 100 percent,…
Sep 3, 2014 8:38 AM CDT
Photo of Gavin McGrane by Tony Avelar.
Gavin McGrane, son of San Francisco trial lawyer William McGrane,…
Sep 2, 2014 8:45 AM CDT
Cool. Hip. Rebels. Law?
Certainly the legal profession could never be convicted of hipsterism. But we’ve shown time and again—for six years now—that there are Legal Rebels among us. They…
Sep 1, 2014 10:40 AM CDT
In an effort to share our enthusiasm for winning
ASBPE’s Magazine of the Year (as well as the excellent photography this issue), we at the ABA Journal decided to showcase four Legal Rebels covers. Photographers Wayne Slezak, Will Boase and Tony Avelar (twice), are the ones responsible for making our decision this year so much more difficult.
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Portrait of Laura Zubulake by Anita Kunz
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Chairman Andrew Smulian expects Akerman’s new R&D department to serve “as a catalyst for breakthrough thinking.” Photo by Sonya Revell.
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Law professor Anthony Sebok: If a lawyer provides privileged information to a third party, “the lawyer has now put at risk the client’s interests.” Photo by Len Irish.
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AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni
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Baker & McKenzie has chosen Belfast as the location for a second back-office operations center.
The law firm expects the new office to employ about 120 professionals by the end…
Aug 28, 2014 12:22 PM CDT