And This One Was Just Right: Transitioning Between Big and Small Firms
Changing firms can be the key to reinvigorating a career or reestablishing one’s sanity.
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Don’t Gloss Over the Environmental Site Assessment!
Attorneys should always ensure their purchaser client satisfies the CERCLA innocent landowner defenses, including a careful analysis of the Phase I ESA.
How to Make Money! Tips for Financial Success in a Solo or Small Firm Practice
Turning the practice of law into a profitable business is not always easy. James D. Crosby offers 10 tips for financial success.
Criminal Defense Flat Fees: Navigating the New Rules of Professional Conduct
The new California Rules of Professional Conduct necessitate changes from the customary business arrangement by criminal defense attorneys with their clients.
Circle up the Wagons
It’s not a question of when our accounts, offices or finances will be compromised, but a question of when. Bill Kammer discusses cyber security tips.
Close Can Be Complicated
Edward McIntyre’s MacBeth advises on California’s new conflict rule, Rule 1.7.
The Lost Art of Collegial Workplace Conversation in the Twitter Era
What happens when the President tweets something that actually makes sense and sneaks into your morning coffee talk?
Criminal Defense: The Private Practice View
As I reflect upon almost a decade of private practice, having had the privilege of working with some of the best criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges in Southern California, there are a few perspectives that I have developed that may be unique to the private sector.
Meditation: Pathway to Mindfulness
“Mindfulness is moment-to-moment awareness.” Rick Waite offers a personalized guide to mindfulness.
Under California´s New Ethics Rules, Are Lawyers Ever Off The Clock?
Until November 1, 2018, California was the lone hold out state that had not yet adopted some version of the ABA Model Rules. And while we had our own statutes that addressed attorney misbehavior on personal time, we did not formally have our own version of the ABA Misconduct rule.
