Reid My Blog!
Furthering innovation in management, governance, and ethics for lawyers and their firms.
Author: Reid Trautz is the director of the Americian Immigration Lawyers Association practice and professionalism center. He is also vice-chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section's Practice Management Advisers/State & Local Bar Outreach Committee.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Legal Ethics • Work/Life Balance
Recent Posts from Reid My Blog!
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Solos, Please Beware of Scams That Can Cost You!
Several bar associations are warning their members to be aware of financially-devastating scams being carried out against lawyers, especially solo practitioners. According to the ABA Journal, at least one small firm found out the hard…
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The Fears of Alternative Billing
The American Lawyer has a short but valuable article today about the role of fear in negotiating alternative fee arrangements: Clients fear they will get shoddy service for their money, and law firms fear they…
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Shake Big Savings from Small Practice Management Ideas
That's the title of my latest article published this month in GPSolo magazine, published by the GP Solo Division of the ABA. The theme of the issue is "Small" and covers relevant topics from an…
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Richard Susskind's ABA TECHSHOW Keynote Should Be Mandatory Listening
Richard Susskind continues to challenge our profession to look at ourselves in our changing world and redefine who we are and what we do in order to meet the future needs of consumers of legal…
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ReidMyBlog Meets ReidMyBook
I am pleased to announce publication of my new book, The Busy Lawyer’s Guide to Success: Essential Tips to Power Your Practice, co-authored with Dan Pinnington and published by the ABA. The book has a…
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Our Favorite iPhone Apps for Lawyers--ABA TECHSHOW 2009 Edition
What happens when four lawyers from diverse practices and backgrounds get together to discuss how each uses their iPhone to improve their productivity and reduce a few of life's frustrations? You get a great list…
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Client Security Fund Raided by Connecticut Legislature
Disturbing news is coming out of Connecticut via a Connecticut Supreme Court Justice and the President-elect of the Connecticut Bar: In an unusual power play, the Connecticut Legislature swooped in and grabbed $2 million of…
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Forbidden Fruit: Bill Gates' Wife Can't Buy an iPhone
Melinda Gates has admitted she would love an iPhone, but that Apple products are not welcomed in the Gates household. Sorry, Melinda! However, for anyone not married to Bill Gates, I invite you to attend…
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New Protocol: More Blog References Now Linking to Social Network Profiles
While this isn't earth-shattering news, it is another example of the influence of social networking: With the growth of social networking comes a change in blogging protocol. In the past, when mentioning a person in…
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LexThink Innovate is Set for March 29-30
Matt Homann has more good ideas than just about anyone else I know. And when it comes to legal "conferences" there is no one who does it better. I attended the first LexThink event in…