The Practice of Intention
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...
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Podcast: How Aggressive Should We Get in Pleadings?
Pleadings can often be overlooked but are an essential part of the trial process. In this report from On The Road at ABA Annual Meeting 2018, host Rocky Dhir talks to Michael Panter, Matthew Moeller, David Pardue, and...
Criminal Law: Key Issues and Terms
If you have been arrested or believe that you are under suspicion in a criminal case, it’s helpful to know a few basic issues and terms. Here is some basic information to help you...
A Quick Look at Attorney Advertising
By Patrick Kearns A friend of mine, a California attorney, recently reached out to me regarding a newspaper advertisement he saw in a Southern California newspaper. My friend practices insurance defense and professional liability, primarily...
(Podcast) How to Create Compelling Marketing Content, Ethically
Megan Zavieh, state bar defense lawyer, writer and podcast host interviews Nick Rishwain, of Experts.com (an online marketing platform for expert witnesses and consultants). They cover lots of topics on the subject of curating and...
Windows 10 Helps Keep Your PC Free of Clutter
Running out of disk space is a common curse for any one of us. Cleaning out clutter is essential for removing unnecessary files that can take up valuable storage space. Recently, Microsoft introduced “Storage...
AI and Real World Ethics
Ethics and Technology on the Cutting Edge By Edward McIntyre Slowly — as though pushing through a parting cloud — some of us only now are beginning to realize that AI (artificial intelligence) is...
Bartering for Business
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...
What Attorneys Need to Know About the Drager 5000
By Eric Ganci Police have a new addition to try and fight the war on impaired driving: the Drager 5000. This device swabs the person’s mouth/cheek area to screen saliva for non-alcoholic intoxicating substances,...
Simple Competence: Surprisingly Complex
By David Carr One of most fundamental ethical rules is that lawyers must be competent in the provision of legal services. It is the very first substantive rule in the ABA Model Rules of...
