Compensation has long been a primary motivator becoming an attorney. It is well known by now that lawyers tend to make six-figure salaries, many of them right out of the gate. At major “Big Law” firms, first-year law associates can bring in well above $100,000. Just how much is the subject of many a conversation, […]
2018 has been an eventful year for couples seeking a divorce. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is all set to transform the way everyone views alimony in 2019. Due to this imminent massive change, many couples decided to call it quits and finalize their divorce agreement in 2018. However, it would be incorrect to […]
With an increasing proportion of our lives taking place online, it is not surprising that alternative dispute resolution is quickly becoming an online dispute resolution (ODR). Everything regarding disputes between persons or parties from consumer relationships to disagreement across state lines can now take place online. It is more important than ever for attorneys to […]
No, it’s not exactly on everyone’s fun list. Nevertheless, you need to build a law firm policies and procedures manual for your law firm. It’s an essential part of successfully running a law firm for at least three reasons. First, it will ease the training of new staff members. They’ll have a reference, so they […]
Paper is cumbersome, easily lost or stolen, and expensive to store or shred. Digital documents have none of this baggage. They are quick, easy, light, and best of all, take up zero actual, physical space in an office or warehouse. This is why we need to focus on how to optimize the PDF – an acronym […]
Transitioning from law school into the “real world” can be traumatizing for even the readiest of law students. There are simply some aspects of one’s occupation that cannot be predicted or known until they are actually experienced, first-hand, on-the-job, in the trenches, as it were. As a result, common mistakes of a first-year law firm […]
There are few tasks more important than estate planning for the elderly and those with significant assets to their name. Financial resources must be taken into account when folks enter their twilight years. Issues like who receives their assets, at what rate, how they can be utilized, and the tax implications are all necessary issues […]
Computers have changed drastically over the past few decades, but one of the primary constants has been Microsoft Office and its Office suite of applications. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook (among others) have become as common as a keyboard and mouse when it comes to personal and professional computing for millions and millions of people, […]
While previously every legal dispute was thought to end up in court, thanks to technology, there are alternate routes today with an emphasis on online dispute resolutions. The need for this mode of resolution has risen due to the high litigation costs associated with solving matters in court. To prevent individuals involved in the dispute to […]
Divorce is hard. When relationships dissolve and couples split, there are countless opportunities for things to go wrong. Complications abound from start to finish. If there are children involved, it can get especially messy. Apart from the emotional and psychological battlefield, there are nearly always monetary assets to consider as well. In this day and […]
The advantages of estate planning far outweigh the disadvantages provided by multiple levels of benefits extended to beneficiaries, immediate and ultimate. For anyone that has a hefty amount of assets under management, as it were, it is hard to find a good reason not to engage in the establishment of some form of a credit […]
As in any profession in which the scope is wide-ranging and the difficulty of the tasks at hand requires both skill and inordinate amounts of time, the practice of law often entails the employment by lawyers of non-lawyers on the behalf of a client. This outsourcing is not uncommon in the legal profession, which is […]
