At the end of April, I was on a panel at the ABA Annual Litigation Conference in Chicago with Laurel Bellows (the ABA President), Sofia Lingos, Damian Thomas, Paul Lehner and practice management expert Ann Guinn. We spoke to solo and small firm lawyers on the subject of creating a successful practice.
Counterpoint Re ABA Commission Issue Paper on Internet Marketing
By Tom Kane on
Posted in Marketing Tips
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the “ABA’s Issues Paper Concerning Lawyers’ Use of Internet Based Client Development Tools” when Larry Bodine first raised his “Red Alert” about the ABA Issue Paper. My first reaction was that the ABA isn’t out to help the little guy or smaller firms, which have gained at…
More Reasons to Crank Up That Marketing
By Tom Kane on
Posted in Marketing Tips
The American Bar Association recently asked lawyers to predict the future. Over 14,300 lawyers responded, and yesterday the ABA issued an early summary of the survey results to those who had participated. Some results:
- 19% of lawyers expect to lose their jobs,
- 78% anticipate that "everyone" will be affected in some way by the recession,
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How Do You Compare To Other Lawyers In The Current Economy?
By Tom Kane on
Posted in Marketing Tips
The ABA Journal is surveying lawyers about the job market and the current state of the economy. Since I’ve had several posts on this blog about the down economy and its relationship to marketing, I’m thinking my readers might want to see how they compare to other lawyers out there in the legal marketplace.
Although…