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Thinking Out Your Wheelhouse: How Your Practice May Implicate Consumer Protection Laws

Thinking Out Your Wheelhouse: How Your Practice May Implicate Consumer Protection Laws

By Nick Barthel
The Law Office of Barthel & Barthel

As a practicing attorney, most of us operate solely within our niche. We become masters of our wheelhouse and we rarely venture outside of it, except for when the occasion family member is seeking free legal advice. We come to thrive within the one or two areas of law that we practice on a regular basis. Read More

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Why It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Estate: Three Important Documents You Need Now

Why It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Estate: Three Important Documents You Need Now

By Linda Nelte
Miller, Monson, Peshel, Polacek & Hoshaw LLP

Only 24% of Americans ages 18-34 and 27% of Americans ages 35-54 have estate planning documents according to a recent survey. Why are so many young Americans without estate plan documents? In Caring.com’s recent survey, a large number of respondents (40%) indicated that they have simply not gotten around to it. Other reasons cited included not having enough assets to leave to anyone (33%), not knowing how to get a will or a living trust (12%), or believing estate plan documents are too expensive to set up (13%). Read More

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How Revealing My Mental Health Challenges Strengthened My Career

How Revealing My Mental Health Challenges Strengthened My Career

By Julie Thorpe-Lopez
Tatro & Lopez LLP

My name is Julie Thorpe-Lopez, and I’m a trial attorney specializing in representing victims of elder abuse. Prior to practicing law, I was a social worker. I changed professions because I wanted to have a more powerful impact on protecting vulnerable populations. I love the law, and I would not trade being a litigator for any other profession. I love trial work, and there is nothing more gratifying than protecting elders from abuse. But, as a new lawyer almost 15 years ago, I was unprepared for the constant pressure and stress that is built into the legal profession. Read More

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Tips from the Bar: Jodi Cleesattle

Tips from the Bar: Jodi Cleesattle

By Sara Gold, Eastman IP

Jodi Cleesattle “accidentally” fell into the practice of law, but now she can’t picture herself doing anything else. After working as a political news reporter post-college, Cleesattle attended law school in the early 1990’s with the goal of pursuing a career in political or legal news. During her time at Washington College of Law in D.C., Cleesattle co-founded The National Jurist, a national magazine for law students that still thrives today with an estimated reach of 100,000 law students and educators. Passionate about media and First Amendment issues, Cleesattle also founded her law school’s Burton D. Wechsler National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, which the school continues to host annually.  Read More