Development
What Makes the Maximum Lawyer Conference ’18 Different
Almost every seminar is the same. The speakers are promoted as a one-of-a-kind “expert”, but most of them have never actually done what they preach. Truth be told, these “experts” might be decent speaking from the stage, but they haven’t accomplished a damn thing in the real world. And that’s why you can take everything more »
How to Say Goodbye to an Employee
June 2nd, 2010 was the day I was fired from the only job I ever wanted. The day seemed like any other with no sign of trouble, but then I was called into a meeting with the senior partners, who broke the news, “John, it’s time we part ways.” After clearing out my office and more »
A Hard Story to Tell
On the day that I was fired from a nationally prominent catastrophic injury law firm on June 2, 2010 (yes, I will always remember the exact date), I didn’t know where to turn. Even my co-workers and friends at the firm politely declined when I asked for their help moving my stuff out of my more »
The Secret to Building a Multi-Million $ Injury Law Firm
Injury lawyers face the same dilemma. You want the catastrophic injury cases with strong liability and tons of insurance coverage, but you feel compelled to accept slip and fall and soft-tissue motor vehicle wreck claims. You don’t think you’ll get the huge cases without taking the small ones that pay the bills. Sound familiar? There’s more »
The Brutal Truth about Lawyer Marketing
Lawyers copy each other’s marketing tactics and figure that they should do what every other lawyer is doing in their town. WRONG! If you copy every other lawyer, you will be just like them: fighting for scraps and wondering where you will get your next case. What if you thought outside the box and spent more »
The Universe at Your Fingertips…One Tweet at a Time
On Twitter, you are just one Tweet from getting noticed. On Twitter, a lawyer can make it her mission to find all the right people in the media, e.g., bloggers, TV and radio producers, news reporters of legal publications, etc. Four Steps for Building Relationships with Influencers Do this—search, click, investigate and DM. Direct message more »
Livestreaming Your Ass Off
There is nothing lawyers do worse than social media. Trial lawyers boast about their big settlement or verdict and their 5k Facebook friends collectively roll their eyes. Here’s the problem: no one cares about you (except possibly your spouse). Bragging is boring, so how do you build a herd of raving fans who will crave more »
How to Create Entrepreneurial-Minded Associates
It is the classic mistake made by law firms. The principals are the rainmakers and the associates do the grunt work (e.g., depositions, trials, etc.) There’s just one problem: this doesn’t work. If only a few lawyers are bringing in the business, the law firm is dependent on only a few lawyers to survive. Every more »
A Question that Can Change Your Life
When you change your habits, you change your life. But the rest of the world rarely cooperates with your grand plans, as you get bombarded with distractions and interruptions throughout the day. It doesn’t have to be this way. Change does not happen without accountability. When you know that you have to report your progress more »
The (Almost) Foolproof System for Fixing Mistakes
Whenever you have a big settlement or verdict, it’s party time. There’s plenty of love in the air and high fives…but little is accomplished. There’s nothing wrong with an occasional celebration, but your goal should be to make small, incremental improvements in your law firm, ideally every day. Rather than focusing on your success, focus more »
