As a rule, we lawyers are competitive 🤼♂️. We like to win our cases ⚖️. We like to get the best terms for our clients when we are negotiating their deals. And we like to [...]
Change is hard 🧱 . A few weeks ago, I was speaking with a client about the frustration 🤦🏻♂️ he was having with an administrator in his firm. It was quickly apparent that this administrator [...]
I was a recent returning guest on Steve Fretzin's great podcast, Be That Lawyer. You can also listen in my Counsel to Counsel Podcast feed. In this episode, Steve interviews me about why coaching can [...]
In case you missed it, my conversation with Rodolfo Rivera is now available on YouTube. Thinking like a lawyer is great when you are representing your clients. But if can get in the way if [...]
Many lawyers deal with conflict 🥊regularly on the job. But when it comes to managing our professional relationships, we avoid difficult conversations. There is something to be said for holding your tongue 🤐 in some [...]
Thinking about how to jump start 🦘 your marketing in 2023? December is a great planning month 📆. Join me and four other legal marketing experts on December 9th at 11 a.m. ET. We will [...]
In the late 1980s, the patent of the "Harvard mouse" opened the door to the patenting of animals both here and in Europe. Paul Clark was the patent lawyer who prosecuted the patent application on [...]
The mindset and skills that make you a great lawyer can get in the way when you are trying to build your practice, manage your firm, or grow your network. Read my latest article in [...]
I don't know about anyone else, but lately I feel like Rip Van Winkle. In the last two months, I have been to more in person events than I have been in the last three [...]
I lost both of my parents to COVID at the start of the pandemic. While it was very sad to lose my father and mother in the same week, it wasn’t tragic. They were 95 and [...]
