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Form #1 Your Right to a Jury Trial After depositions are completed, we will request a trial date and at that time, you have the right to select a trial by jury or a non-jury trial (also known as a “bench trial”). It is your constitutional right to a jury trial, and we want more »
How to Start a Law Firm from Scratch
A young lawyer asks for my #1 piece of advice for starting a law firm, but cautions that he has few clients, relationships with lawyers or $. The lawyer believes that no one would refer a case to him since he’s a novice, has no big settlements or verdicts, and no trial experience. In essence, more »
Why You Shouldn’t Write a Book
When it comes to writing a book, there are a lot of myths. Some will tell you to go for a walk in the woods, dictate while you walk, and in just a couple of hours, you’ll have the dictated enough content for a book. Self-publishing companies pitch the concept of “Talk a Book”, which more »
A More Strategic Approach to Internet Marketing
Your webmaster tries to impress you with two numbers: (1) the number of visitors to your website (“web traffic”), and (2) the ranking of your website on the first page of the search engines (Google, Yahoo & Bing) for organic searches. There’s nothing wrong with having a ton of traffic/visitors to your website, but converting more »
How to Give the Speech of Your Life
There is nothing more fun than public speaking. You have a captive audience that hangs on your every word and before you say a word, you have a kind of celebrity status just by virtue of being the speaker. You almost can’t mess this up…or can you? You’ve been through plenty of boring speeches that more »
YOUR SYSTEM FOR GETTING MORE REVIEWS
Online reviews of your law firm are HUGE. Google Local (the local search engine that lists 3 law firms above the organic search results, also known as the “3-pack”), determines rankings based almost entirely on the number and quality of online reviews. Your website can almost instantly skyrocket to the top ranking on Google Local more »
The Biggest Mistake made by Lawyers
Lawyers can be very arrogant. That’s right, we think we know everything. Whether it is trying cases, management of our law firms or hiring staff, we think we’ve got all the answers. This is a HUGE mistake. With this kind of mindset, you law firm won’t grow—it will languish or die. Five years from more »
A Powerful Tool for Lawyer Referrals
What is the best way to get lawyer referrals? Most lawyers take the easy way—they send a generic letter asking for referrals. This is very ineffective and a waste of paper. A far more effective approach is to give value without asking for anything. Albany, NY injury lawyer, Patrick Higgins, Esq., mails a quarterly update more »
The Power of Live Streaming for Lawyers
Most lawyers struggle with social media for a simple reason: they don’t know what to do. Lawyers post their settlements and verdicts and law firm announcements, but they forget one thing: NO ONE CARES! That’s right, no one (other than your mother and maybe your spouse) cares that you won a big case. Give Value more »
A Story of Redemption
In the fall of 1993, a 30-year old African-American male, Michael, came to my office for a consultation. Michael sustained a brain injury when he was struck by a motorcycle after exiting a bus at an unsafe and dangerous location in a busy intersection. I knew nothing about personal injury law, but I was convinced more »
