In today’s legal economy, it’s not enough to be a good lawyer and practice law. Whereas in the past a law firm evaluated performance of junior and senior associates and acted accordingly, these days even partners are being targeted. But this is not totally new news. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, cuts to [...]
At my local gym (and no doubt yours), January always brings an influx of well-meaning folks looking to start the year off right. They make it harder to get through workouts at my normal pace, but they also serve as a role model for lawyers. Why? Because now’s the perfect time to take a look [...]
Mr. Banner comes to Matters of Practice from the great state of Oklahoma, where he practices criminal defense at The Law Offices of Adam R. Banner, P.C. We had the chance to sit down and ask him a few questions on criminal law, representation, and what he hopes to bring to Matters of Practice readers. [...]
The joy of the holiday season sometimes takes a backseat to the stresses of finishing up work by year’s end, while trying to balance out personal time for family and friends. To take care of business — and get you back to the joy — here are five tips to help you get the most [...]
To some attorneys, nothing could be scarier than talk of “the Cloud” in their law practice. These attorneys use their well-honed issue spotting skills to list every possible doomsday scenario applicable to remote computing and data storage (the Cloud), and they convince themselves that it is better to do things the old-fashioned way. But the [...]
