The LawBiz® Podcast

Things to know before starting your own law firm

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:18:44 -0500

Audrey H. Rubin is president and founder of Rubin Solutions, Ltd., She designs and implements business processes which improve the financial performance and operations of corporate law departments and professional services firms. She talks with Ed about what lawyers need to know before they open their own law firm. In today's world, this is a topic of great interest, especially to those increasing numbers of law school graduates who are starting their own practices right out of school. You can learn more about Audrey at www.rubinsolutions.com.

25 minutes, 43 seconds
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Ed interviews Sharon D. Nelson and John W. Simek, principals of the nationally known computer forensics and legal technology consulting firm, Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:40:51 -0500

Ed interviews both Sharon D. Nelson and John W. Simek, principals of the nationally known computer forensics and legal technology consulting firm, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. Sharon and John are co-authors of The 2010 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide and The Electronic Evidence Handbook. Sharon is also co-author of the book, How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times. They discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of today's social media and how lawyers can most effectively use this new channel of distribution for their ideas and communicating their expertise to potential clients.

24 minutes, 17 seconds
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Ed interviews Jason Larock, Director of Office Productivity for Corel.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:20:01 -0500

In the interview they discuss Corel's new product, WordPerfect X5. This newest release of WordPerfect has several unique features including expanded powers from Adobe and a new alliance with Nuance's Paperport.

24 minutes, 16 seconds
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Ed Interviews Jack Newton, President and co-founder of Themis Solutions and the creator of Clio software

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:54:23 -0500

Jack Newton is President and co-founder of Themis Solutions and the creator of Clio software. Clio is a fully integrated practice management solution for more efficient operation of the small law firm. Listen as Ed Poll and Jack Newton discuss the benefits of operating "in the cloud."

31 minutes, 12 seconds
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Ed interviews Todd Gerstein, President of Smart WebParts

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:44:34 -0500

Todd Gerstein is President of Smart WebParts. He talks about "time leaks" experienced by lawyers. His new product is called "Smart Time." It's designed to assist lawyers in capturing time they expended but failed to record. Studies have shown that time is "leaked," lost or never recorded, to the tune of at least 100 hours per year. At $200 per hour, this is $20,000 in revenue per year that was never billed -- and thus lost; simply because of careless lawyer behavior. Listen to more .....

13 minutes, 32 seconds
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Ed interviews Conraad Saam, chief marketing officer of Avvo

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:41:43 -0500

In this interview, Ed discusses Avvo with its chief marketing officer, Conraad Saam. Conrad has worked his entire career in on-line marketing efforts for children's products and services. He says that "kids try anything, while lawyers resist change. You have to put the brakes on kids and press on the gas for lawyers." Today, Avvo puts consumers together with lawyers. Learn about Avvo by listening to this "must hear" discussion.

30 minutes, 41 seconds
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Patrick J. Lamb discussed the definition, concept and implementation of alternative fees.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:30:49 -0500

Patrick J. Lamb is a founder of Valorem Group, a pioneering law firm in business litigation, based in Chicago, Illinois. He has long been a proponent of alternative fees. Listen as Ed and Patrick discuss the definition, concept and implementation of alternative fees.

34 minutes, 33 seconds
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Dr. Bill Saleebey discusses the finer points of moving a law practice

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:14:20 -0500

Our topic today is on smartly moving your law office.

Most of us don't appreciate the finer points of moving furniture, boxes of files, computers and all the other paraphernalia that makes up a typical law office... while not losing billable hours!

Dr. Bill Saleebey provides some clues to achieving a successful move in this interview with Ed.

Couple his words of wisdom with Chapter 36 of Ed's best selling book, The Attorney & Law Firm Guide to The Business of Law (2nd ed.), and you will be assured of success!

22 minutes, 34 seconds
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Dale H. Tincher, CEO of ConsultWebs.com talks with Ed about search engine optimization

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:16:40 -0500

Dale H. Tincher, CEO of ConsultWebs.com, a web design company for law firms, talks with Ed about SEO, search engine optimization. They talk about how SEO can help produce increased revenues for law firms and some of the interplay between social media and SEO.

24 minutes, 50 seconds
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Cookie Lewis Discusses Law Library Audits

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:27:08 -0500

What is a library audit, and how can law firms save huge sums of money by conducting such an audit? Cookie Lewis, M.S.L.S. is president of Askinfomania, a legal and business research firm, who conducts such audits. As a legal information strategist, she works with law firms to maximize their return on investment in their library resources and other law library management issues. In her interview with Ed, she discusses such audits, why law firms should consider having one, and how law firms can save many dollars of overhead with the right audit results.

22 minutes, 28 seconds
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Maurice Vincent discusses In-House Litigation Support Services

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:34:08 -0500

Maurice Vincent is the CEO of In-House Litigation Support Services which provides a full suite of Attorney services and litigation support that allows law firms and internal counsel to outsource these areas cost effectively. This type of service allows law firms to focus on their core competencies. Maurice, in our interview, first defines the term, "litigation support," and then describes what litigation support providers should be doing for law firms. Ed draws from Maurice how law firms can save money and better serve their clients while using this "out-sourced" service.

26 minutes, 33 seconds
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Derek Flower discusses the new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:57:57 -0500

Derek Flower is Senior Account Manager for Fujitsu's Imaging Products Group.

He talks with Ed again, this time about the new ScanSnap S1500. This, according to Ed, is one of the best tools lawyers can have within their immediate reach. And the cost belies the benefits the ScanSnap delivers.

Listen to Ed and Derek discuss the benefits of this latest entry from Fujitsu.

17 minutes, 00 seconds
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Maridee F. Edwards discusses civility with Ed.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:10:38 -0500

Maridee F. Edwards is an attorney and mediator in the area of professional licensing and ethics matters in Jefferson City, Missouri. She is former Bar counsel for the Missouri Bar and speaks with Ed about civility in the profession.

There has been a recent fervor about teaching lawyers "civility" when dealing with other counsel and adverse parties. Aren't these the principles we should have learned at our mother's (and father's) knees, but somehow seem not to have learned? Are more influenced by "everything is fair in love and war," believing that the adversary system, by definition, is akin to war?

Therefore, everything the lawyer does is "fair" as long as not prohibited by some code. With the fallout in the economy and corresponding pressure on the legal community, is this becoming more acute?

Is the legal profession guilty of misconduct or rather merely reflective of what is happening in the rest of our society?

Maridee and Ed elaborate on this issue and what lawyers need to do in order to both effectively represent clients and stay away from violating rules of professional conduct.

30 minutes, 05 seconds
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Darryl Cross of LexisNexis discusses differences between marketing and selling.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:49:38 -0500

Darryl Cross is the Vice President of Client Profitability for LexisNexis. In this position, he reviews the marketing efforts of many lawyers and law firms. After all, it's marketing... and selling... that creates the revenue from which profitability will result. Darryl discusses with Ed the differences between marketing and selling... and why lawyers either fear or hate to sell their professional services. Darryl and Ed also discuss several easy ways in which reluctant lawyers can be more effective and thus thrive in this downturned economy.

22 minutes, 24 seconds
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Stephanie L. Kimbro talks with Ed about virtual law offices.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:24:42 -0500

Stephanie L. Kimbro is an attorney in Wilmington, NC. She talks about the virtual law office and her role as a "virtual" attorney. This is different than a virtual assistant. Listen and learn how you can adopt some of the aspects of the virtual law office in your practice during these tough economic times.

22 minutes, 32 seconds
5.3MB

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Patrick Lamb talks about pressures on legal fees resulting from the financial crisis

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:35:00 -0500

Patrick Lamb, partner in the Valorem Law Group of Chicago, IL, is a leader in the national discussion concerning value billing. In today's conversation, Patrick talks about short-term and long-term pressures on legal fees resulting from the financial crisis facing our country. Patrick and Ed also discuss the impact that those pressures will have on lawyers' compensation.

20 minutes, 32 seconds
4.8MB

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Rick Borstein talks with Ed about new products from Adobe

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:32:27 -0500

Rick Borstein is the Business Development Manager of the Legal Market for Adobe Systems, Inc. He talks with Ed about all the differnt versions Adobe Acrobat 9 and their associated features. He also discusses Acrobat.com for file sharing and collaboration.

For those who want to learn more about Adobe's products after listening to this interview, you go to Rick's blog, at www.adobe.com/go/acrolaw.

29 minutes, 28 seconds
6.9MB

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Karl Robe talks with Ed about public relations and image.

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:47:10 -0500

Karl Robe, APR, possesses 15 years experience, during which he has counseled c-level executives from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups in business-to-business, public affairs and leadership communications. As an author, presenter and coach on a multitude of communications topics, his insights have appeared in The Strategist, Cris Manager, Wisconsin Law Journal and numerous other venues. Karl has achieved an Accreditation in Public Relations (APR), certifying a candidate's knowledge of public relations practice, communications, theory, management science and ethics.

22 minutes, 09 seconds
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Tom O'Leary talks with Ed about leveraging the Internet to increase revenue

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:02:08 -0500

Tom O'Leary is the owner of The Attorneys ATM, a marketing and advertising firm based in Cincinnati, OH and the author of How to Dominate Google, Yahoo and MSN. In the past decade, he has assisted more than 400 small and medium sized businesses with their marketing strategies, with a focus on leveraging the Internet to increase revenue.

23 minutes, 46 seconds
5.6MB

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Tom Kane talks with Ed about importance of conducting client interviews

edpoll@lawbiz.com (Ed Poll, LawBiz Management) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:17:15 -0500

Tom is a former practicing lawyer, who spent more than 22 years as a marketing person for law firms, both in-house and as a consultant. He is the author of LegalMarketingBlog.com, which has enjoyed a No.2 ranking for legal marketing on Google and Yahoo for more than two years. His last in-house position was as Chief Marketing Officer for a large national law firm.

23 minutes, 48 seconds
5.5MB

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