Last Friday, LexisNexis hosted an event with the North Carolina Bar Association that featured Dan Heath, the New York Times bestselling co-author of Made to Stick and Switch. Dan provided an entertaining and educational view on making decisions based on Dan and his brother Chip, have a new book coming out, Decisive, due out in [...]

The last two week’s articles were tips for law firm management based on a book Run Less Run Faster. The first article, Can Lawyer’s Learn from Runners focused on developing a detailed action plan, similar to what a runner would use as a training program for a marathon, complete with dates, pace and distance of [...]

Richard Susskind’s 1996 book The End of Lawyers predicts that without radical adaptation, lawyers as we know them will become extinct. Since the technological revolution that prompted his thinking is more mature than it was when Susskind first wrote on the subject, it is time to follow-up on his predictions and reassess whether lawyers are [...]

A Journey of the Future of a Two-Attorney Personal Injury Firm: From Free Rent to a Strong Support Network We were discussing the future of his two-attorney personal injury firm when my new client, Dirk, rather hesitantly showed me a real estate listing for a commercial building downtown in his suburban community.  I noticed the [...]

Last week’s article Can Lawyer’s Learn from Runners focused on developing a detailed action plan, similar to what a runner would use as a training program for a marathon, complete with dates, pace and distance of each run. Developing a detailed action plan holds you and others accountable for each item and the firm will [...]