Solos/Small Firms

A Little on the Side

Some solos work full-time jobs on top of their practices

Nov 2, 2008 2:00 AM CST

Find Support Group First, Then Open Office, Solo Advises

After 20 years of practice, Jane Ann Landrum decided she was ready to go solo this year after her previous law firm dissolved. But a big part of what made it possible was the support network she had in place, the Kansas City, Mo., litigator tells the Kansas City Star.…

Oct 14, 2008 5:04 PM CDT

Laid Off After Many Years in Court Job, Georgia Lawyer Makes Lemonade

As budget cuts resulted in layoffs this week for four lawyers who have each worked at the Georgia Court of Appeals for well over a decade, at least one member of the group is looking forward to an exciting career change. After walking out the door for the last time…

Oct 2, 2008 7:02 PM CDT

Class Notes

Workshops, seminars can raise your professional profile

Oct 1, 2008 5:15 PM CDT

Texas Law Firm Takes $840K Plea, Profited from Auto Accident Scheme

A law firm in Dallas has agreed to pay $840,000 restitution in exchange for an agreed sentence of probation in a federal mail and health care fraud conspiracy case. The case was sparked by an alleged scheme to stage auto accidents involving almost 30 defendants, including two legal assistants. Officers…

Oct 1, 2008 3:05 PM CDT

After Ike, Houston Lawyer Works Out of his Luxury Car

Houston solo Tom Kirkendall, a complex business litigator, is keeping up his legal practice after Hurricane Ike, thanks to advance planning and his Infiniti Q45. Kirkendall downloaded his active case files to his laptop in advance of the storm and routed office phone calls to his cell phone, Texas Lawyer…

Sep 16, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

The Insider

The economic news is doom and gloom—how is it affecting your business?

Sep 1, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Offit Snags 9-Lawyer Philadelphia Firm; BigLaw Mergers Help Us, MP Says

In two years, the Philadelphia office of Offit Kurman has grown from four lawyers to 20, with the law firm’s planned acquisition Oct. 1 of Abrahams, Loewenstein & Bushman and its nine attorneys. One major reason why it is growing, says Theodore Offit, managing principal of the 41-lawyer Maryland-based firm,…

Aug 14, 2008 8:45 PM CDT

Family Lawyer Also Runs Waxing Studio

When she’s not handing divorce and child custody cases at her family law firm in Ocala, Fla., Ami DiLorenzo can often be found at the South Beach Waxing Studio. That’s because DiLorenzo owns the business, at which a former paralegal, Tracey Bisnett, is the licensed esthetician who administers the treatments…

Aug 4, 2008 5:23 PM CDT

Faith’s Rewards

Some lawyers find religion a righteous marketing tool

Aug 1, 2008 12:50 PM CDT

Small Firm Secret: Team Up With Larger Firm

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” That’s the advice Sun Tzu gave his army in 400 B.C. And while large firms are not the enemy of small firms and solo practitioners, when high-profile clients start making noises about taking their business to a larger firm, it can seem…

Jul 16, 2008 3:50 PM CDT

Well-Known Appellate Attorneys Form Dallas Boutique

A former Texas Supreme Court judge and a well-known appellate attorney have joined forces to create a new boutique in Dallas. Hankinson Levinger, which has six attorneys, is headed by former Justice Deborah Hankinson and Jeffrey Levinger, who previously was in charge of the appellate practice group at Carrington, Coleman,…

Jul 11, 2008 8:25 PM CDT

Md. Chief Judge Issues Pro Bono Call to Action to Save Homes

In a massive public service effort to help residents in danger of losing their homes, key judges and legal professionals in Maryland are calling on lawyers in the state to join the Foreclosure Prevention Pro Bono Project. Robert M. Bell, chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, wrote a…

Jul 8, 2008 4:15 PM CDT

Termite Lawyer Bugged By Job But Likes the Independence

The life of a termite lawyer isn’t an easy one, particularly when he is new to the job, Pete Cardillo says. And the 50-year-old Columbia Law School graduate should know. Perhaps the only attorney in the nation who practices full-time suing pest control companies over allegedly breached contracts to keep…

Jul 8, 2008 3:40 PM CDT

Phone Call Launches N.Y. Solo’s Oil and Gas Practice

A phone call in 1999 changed the course of Chris Denton’s law practice. Denton was a solo practitioner in upstate New York when he got a call from an acquaintance in the petroleum industry who told him he needed to start studying oil and gas law, the New York Times…

Jul 3, 2008 1:22 PM CDT