By Shawn Spaulding As attorneys, we are all familiar with the trust fund accounting requirements found in Rule 4-100 of the State Bar of California Rules of Professional Conduct. Failure to follow Rule 4-100...
Building connections and a practice offline and in-person: old-fashioned or overlooked? By Whitney Skala When it comes to business development, the current strategies of websites, search engine optimization, blogging, branding, et al., leave me...
By Isabel Eustaquio Personal branding is the process by which we market ourselves to others. You already have a personal brand whether you know it or not, so you might as well manage it....
How a proactive mindset helps your practice prosper By Ken Turek For advice to lawyers with growing practices, San Diego Lawyer reached out to Ken Turek, who has advised over a thousand American lawyers...
From haircuts to paintings, how and what I bartered for my legal services By Elizabeth Blust In the opening scene of the movie“To Kill a Mockingbird” — and in a later scene in the...
By Ernest “Ernie” Dronenburg Jr. You may have noticed a major increase in recording fees for your law firm and clients. In 2017, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 2 (SB-2), authored by Senator...
Courtesy of Ruby Receptionists Texting, tweeting, posting comments, writing reviews: there are plenty of ways for smartphone users to communicate with friends, strangers, and businesses of all sorts without having a conversation. But research...
By Mike Wakshull You finished direct examination of your plaintiff’s expert witness. Your expert performed perfectly. He offered his impeccable qualifications and seemingly impenetrable justification for his opinion. It’s your turn for cross-examination. You...
By Ernest Kuo We’ve all heard it: Websites need to be ever more responsive in order to meet the shift in users doing their research on mobile devices. But there’s more to creating a responsive...
Courtesy of LawPay Practicing law for the first time comes with its fair share of stressors and unknowns. One of the first things you’ll need to determine is how much you can expect to...