Category: Law Practice Management
By Shawn Spaulding
As attorneys, we are all familiar with the trust fund accounting requirements found in Rule 4-100 of the State Bar of California Rules of Professional Conduct. Failure to follow Rule 4-100 can result in significant disciplinary action. But, the importance of proper trust fund accounting is not limited to the Rules of Professional Conduct. As discussed below, failure to maintain accurate trust fund records can end up costing you thousands in additional taxes and penalties. Read More
Building connections and a practice offline and in-person: old-fashioned or overlooked?
By Whitney Skala
When it comes to business development, the current strategies of websites, search engine optimization, blogging, branding, et al., leave me a little cold. Read More
By Isabel Eustaquio
Personal branding is the process by which we market ourselves to others. You already have a personal brand whether you know it or not, so you might as well manage it. Positive branding requires an active effort. As a legal professional, you want to be regarded as an expert in the legal field. Branding can dramatically increase your influence, your credibility, your ability to secure clients and other benefits. To brand yourself you merely have to amplify the strong characteristics you already have. Read More
How a proactive mindset helps your practice prosper
By Ken Turek
For advice to lawyers with growing practices, San Diego Lawyer reached out to Ken Turek, who has advised over a thousand American lawyers through his practice and teaching for the ABA and Trial Lawyers College. Read More
From haircuts to paintings, how and what I bartered for my legal services
By Elizabeth Blust
In the opening scene of the movie“To Kill a Mockingbird” — and in a later scene in the book by Harper Lee — client Walter Cunningham brings a bag of hickory nuts to lawyer Atticus Finch as payment for the latter’s help with the former’s entailment. Now that I am a lawyer myself, I understand not only what entailment is (and why, as young Scout Finch commiserates with Mr. Cunningham later, “entailments are bad” and take “a long time sometimes”, Ch. 15), but also the value of accepting barter as a means of payment for legal services. Read More
