I had the “opportunity” over the holidays, to spend around 10 days in a solitary fashion in an undisclosed isolated location (if you know what I mean.) In an attempt to maintain my slim grip on sanity, I decided it would be a good time to start reading Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I know what you’re thinking: “sounds awesome,” right? Not what you were thinking? Weird. (I may have felt the same, initially.)

I had the “opportunity” over the holidays, to spend around 10 days in a solitary fashion in an undisclosed isolated location (if you know what I mean.) In an attempt to maintain my slim grip on sanity, I decided it would be a good time to start reading Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I know what you’re thinking: “sounds awesome,” right? Not what you were thinking? Weird. (I may have felt the same, initially.)

Email drives business, yet it also drives most of us crazy. If this is the year you want to take control of your email, check out this post for some steps you can take.

Email drives business, yet it also drives most of us crazy. If this is the year you want to take control of your email, check out this post for some steps you can take.

How can you keep up with pending legislation that’s important to you and your practice? With the help of Ice Miller LLP, the IndyBar Legislative Committee (chaired by Lacey Berkshire of Ice Miller LLP) provides weekly Bill Watch reports throughout the session, which highlight progress and recent actions taken on bills being monitored by the association.

How can you keep up with pending legislation that’s important to you and your practice? With the help of Ice Miller LLP, the IndyBar Legislative Committee (chaired by Lacey Berkshire of Ice Miller LLP) provides weekly Bill Watch reports throughout the session, which highlight progress and recent actions taken on bills being monitored by the association.

Lawyers are great at bragging on themselves via their websites, and a significant number of attorneys supplement that with "superlatives." You know, awards like "Super Lawyers" that you can apply for and/or purchase. Those specific awards, and the general superlatives of your own resume, go a long way to convince leads to become your clients, but those don’t get you the whole way there. 

Lawyers are great at bragging on themselves via their websites, and a significant number of attorneys supplement that with "superlatives." You know, awards like "Super Lawyers" that you can apply for and/or purchase. Those specific awards, and the general superlatives of your own resume, go a long way to convince leads to become your clients, but those don’t get you the whole way there. 

One place lawyers don’t put enough emphasis is in the design of website practice area pages. Many lawyers draft super generic content. It's important to realize that potential clients are coming to you because they want your expertise and because they want to learn more about the legal process. 

One place lawyers don’t put enough emphasis is in the design of website practice area pages. Many lawyers draft super generic content. It's important to realize that potential clients are coming to you because they want your expertise and because they want to learn more about the legal process.