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More than two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic began and changed the world. For the legal profession, the most immediate change was sending everyone home. After the initial shock, we [...]

When COVID-19 began to spread across our country in early 2020, governments (including our courts) weren't quite sure how to respond. This uncertainty was apparent in the delay with which [...]

In this age of social media platforms being the primary focus of advertising on the Internet, we tend to forget about the regulation of websites and the ethics of advertising [...]

In the past year, as my firm survived the pandemic and is now beginning to thrive again, I have had a rough time finding employees with a good work ethic. [...]

Unless you are a true solo attorney and want to remain that way, at some point you have experienced or will experience the drama of hiring a team and finding [...]

As I write this in early March 2021, approximately 15 states have "opened up." Although these states have opened back up for business, courts have not jumped on the bandwagon. [...]

The Great Pandemic of 2020, brought about by COVID-19, has changed the way many people do business, especially those who offer services based on knowledge and information. While creative types [...]

Courts, counsel, and litigants have come to adapt to virtual proceedings during this pandemic that started more than one and a half years ago. From hearings and trials to mediations [...]

To become an attorney, one generally must be ambitious and committed to a dream over the long run. To become a sole practitioner or member of a small firm where [...]

In this new reality of a long-term health pandemic and economic crisis, we often find ourselves lacking in motivation. We are hit with wave after wave of bad news, whether [...]

For six months now, the legal work I normally do has experienced a massive change. As a litigator, I routinely attend court, mediations, and depositions. With the COVID-19 pandemic, most [...]

The legal profession is in the midst of an extended break for many of its professionals and workers. This does not mean that lawyers and their staff aren't working, but [...]

Lawyers wanting to get in on the ground floor of a new business or looking for another way to obtain clients have found equity ownership in their client's business a [...]

Every new year is an opportunity for reflection, renewal, and recharge. It's the time of year that most people truly think about their future and set goals in the form [...]

When our GPSolo Editorial Board decided to create an issue on leadership, it was obvious to me that we needed to stress ethics. There have been too many examples of [...]

If you are a regular reader of this column, then you know that I try to help you with your mental practice as much as I do with your law [...]

During the pandemic, the masses have been forced online due to government restrictions and business closures, but attorneys have been slow to adapt their marketing practices to this changing world. [...]

In my previous column, I wrote about doing some things to help your law practice during this extended downtime we are having. Although such advice seems easy to give, I [...]

It seems as if it was only yesterday that legal professionals were coping with typewriters and carbon copies. In the blink of an eye, we have dashed through copy machines, [...]

As I am writing this column, mass fear of the coronavirus has swept the world and our nation. Major events are being canceled, the stock market is plummeting, and government [...]

If you watch any amount of television, cartoons, or movies, inevitably you will encounter a scene of a person who is conflicted about a decision and ends up with a [...]

Each of us has a moral obligation to be successful, period. If only it were that easy to explain, but alas, it's not. When I discuss this concept with attorneys, [...]

We all struggle, period. None of us are perfect. Yet, we imperfect creatures have chosen a career of helping others. By the time we are done helping our clients, we [...]

As we start this new year, we are often reminded of our successes and failures in the past year. It is easy to focus on those things that bring us [...]

With the new year approaching, this is an obvious time for us to consider making changes in the upcoming year. For many solo attorneys, the biggest decision is whether or [...]

Most of us have a life of constant movement and deadlines, whether they are driven by our career, family, friends, or volunteer efforts. Often, we find ourselves simply reacting to [...]

Given the prominence of the #MeToo movement, we should all be aware by now (if we weren't already taught by our parents) that no means no in the context of [...]

I am regularly asked about my inspiration for a particular column. I am blessed to have wide discretion in my topics, so long as they are helpful for our magazine's [...]

Anyone who uses social media these days is flooded with motivational memes--photos with some sort of positive motivational statement put in text over the picture. It seems everyone is a [...]

Any regular reader of this column knows I am a big proponent of lifelong learning. Just because we lawyers finished law school doesn't mean we are done with our education. [...]

Years ago, as a young attorney, I had a mentorship meeting scheduled with an experienced, brilliant attorney who was a mentor to many. As I reviewed the questions I wanted [...]

I am excited! With summer having passed, school is starting for students of all ages. Like the students all around us, we should take this opportunity to embark on a [...]

We are all faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles at one time or another. Such obstacles have a tendency to come at just the worst moments ... or so we think. [...]

In the most famous of Spanish novels, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Don Quixote, a nobleman gets lost in reading stories of heroic knights to the point that he loses his [...]

The economy finally may have begun to recover, but running a solo law practice or small firm has by no means gotten easy. We are all still feeling the reverberations [...]

As solos and small firm attorneys, we often romanticize the notion of going it alone. We like the thrill of the ups and downs and far too often get a [...]

We lawyers are in the business of disaster prevention, survival, and recovery for our clients. Rarely do we think about doing the same for ourselves until it's too late. As [...]

In this day and age, the world always seems to be on the move. Many attorneys are forced to work long hours either to get ahead in their place of [...]

You are not who you are because of a decision you recently made. You are not who you are because of an action you recently took. You are not who [...]

All of us fail at one thing or another in our lives, but not everyone succeeds at failure. Succeeding at failure does not come naturally but rather is an acquired [...]

In my September/October 2014 Ronin Reports column, I made the following challenge to each of you and myself: Each month for the next three months, do one thing new to [...]

If you have become a regular reader of this column in the past year, then you may be wondering if I have been designated the "self-help" columnist. Truth is, I [...]

David Bowie once sang that "time may change me, but I can't trace time." Heraclitus of Ephesus asserted "the only thing that is constant is change," and we've all heard [...]

Being in the last part of the first half of 2014, we are reminded that time has indeed flown by and now what we thought we could accomplish in a [...]

Whenever lawyers hear the word "diligence," most automatically think about the research that is done prior to entering a business transaction, especially a merger or acquisition. How many of us [...]

I can't remember the last time I heard of an attorney who has not gone through a few transitions in his or her legal career. Even if the same type [...]

One of my most rewarding professional roles is that of a mentor to younger attorneys. Being that I am a courtroom specialist and litigator, I especially am prone to dispense [...]

If you are to be financially successful in your law practice and a leader in your community, then you must bring in enough clients to pay your bills and give [...]

In addition to practicing law, I enjoy writing and speaking. Often, speaking reminds me of what I should be doing in my own life and affirms those good habits I've [...]

It's now been a few months since the warmness of our New Year's resolutions has worn off and left us feeling a little cold. Some of you are giddy because [...]