Practice growth, client acquisition, and community — for solos and small firms.
Co-counseling with another lawyer can be a great opportunity or a real headache. The difference is the questions you ask first. Here is a due-diligence checklist before your first co-counsel arrangement.
A client who disputes your bill can rattle a new attorney. Here is how to handle a first fee dispute calmly and professionally, the options for resolving it, and why suing for fees is rarely the first move.
Malpractice coverage is only part of protecting a solo practice. Cyber, general liability, and business coverage all matter. Here is an overview of the insurance solos often overlook, and how to decide what you need.
Referrals from other lawyers are one of the best sources of work, but they do not come automatically to someone new. Here is how a new attorney earns that first referral and builds a pipeline from there.
The first 30 days of solo practice are a blur of decisions. Here is a practical, prioritized guide to what actually matters in month one, from the business setup to compliance to building the referral network you will lean on.
The cost of joining an attorney referral network has two parts that are easy to confuse: what you pay the platform, and the fee you share on a referral. Here is how the economics actually work.
Online attorney referral networks can be perfectly ethical, or a compliance trap, depending on how they are built. Here is what makes one compliant, what makes one risky, and how to tell the difference.
Not every attorney referral platform is worth joining. Before you sign up, check how it vets its members, handles compliance, covers your needs, and prices its service. Here is a practical checklist.
Finding a referral partner you can trust is harder than finding a name. Attorney-to-attorney referral platforms connect lawyers with vetted partners and handle the fee division. Here is what to look for.
Lawyer referral services, referral networks, and directories all promise to connect lawyers with work, but they are three different things with different rules. Here is how to tell them apart.
Attorney referral networks connect lawyers to send and receive cases across practice areas and states, with the fee division handled. Here is how they work and what they make possible.
A property dispute needs a real estate litigator, not the transactional lawyer who handled the closing, and some of these matters run on short deadlines. Here is how to refer one well.
