JD Bliss
Provides resources for attorneys looking for greater career satisfaction, work-life balance and personal growth. The blog also is meant for law firms looking for ways to motivate lawyers and improve attorney retention.
Author: Joshua Fruchter is the founder of New York City-based eLawMarketing, which provides online marketing services to law firms and individual attorneys. He also authors LawyerCasting.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Work/Life Balance • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from JD Bliss
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Women Lawyers Transition to More Satisfying Careers
Even in the best of times, the law can make for a difficult career. These days, a combination of various economic conditions and lifestyle factors are prompting many women lawyers to make changes in their…
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Matt Homann Shares His Ten Rules About Hourly Billing
Last week, we looked at the billable hour in light of current economic conditions. Economic factors provide a context in which to reevaluate hourly billing, but it is also useful to continue to explore more…
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Susan Cartier Liebel Explains Why Now is a Perfect Time to Go Solo
Gloom. Plunging stock prices. Layoffs. "Negative growth." Does any of that sound familiar? It does, if you've been following mainstream news and blog coverage of the current global economy. In these tumultuous times, law firms…
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Today's Economy Prompts Rethinking the Billable Hour
We've written a lot about the billable hour from various perspectives, and have considered some alternative billing arrangements available to lawyers and clients. Lately, the health of the global economy has been making news headlines…
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"Alternative Lawyer Jobs" Site Helps Attorneys Find Alternative Careers
Earlier this year, we featured several law school graduates who are pursuing career alternatives to the private practice of law. Now, there is a Web site dedicated to the quest for such work. Alternative Lawyer…
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Does Work-life Balance Help Lawyers Serve their Clients Better?
Reading a recent essay in the Bermuda Sun got me thinking about the importance of work-life balance not just for lawyers, but for clients. Let me explain. In this deeply personal account of her successes…
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Sumpter & Gonzalez Practices Criminal Defense by Treating the Client as a Whole Person
The problems that lead a person to be charged with a crime, convicted, and sentenced are often complex and numerous. For instance, an accused person may have a history of substance abuse or mental illness,…
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Losing Lawyers to Lack of Work-life Balance
What happens when lawyers cannot achieve a healthy work-life balance at their firms? Individual lawyers will find varying solutions to the problem, but some of them will leave. So reports the London Times about new…
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Gravett Gravett: Divorce Attorneys Who Help Couples Save Their Marriages
When most people think of divorce attorneys, they imagine lawyers who work with people to dissolve their marriages. However, a law firm in New York state, Gravett & Gravett, goes a step further: they help…
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Attorney John Rittelmeyer Champions Disability Rights
John Rittelmeyer seriously explored several occupations, including retail sales and computer programming, before deciding on a career in the law. Even after becoming a lawyer, Rittelmeyer, of Cary, North Carolina, remained open to career change.…