by Dan Jaffe | Apr 27, 2020 | Marketing
This is week five of the blog series containing a set of weekly action items. For those who have been following along, I’m going to spare the introduction, which you can find repeated by reviewing past posts (see Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4). Once again this...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 20, 2020 | Marketing
Three weeks ago, I introduced a new blog series containing a set of weekly action items. The aim is to inspire attorneys who are stuck at home to use their downtime wisely and productively to position their firms for success when life and business get back to normal...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 17, 2020 | Solo Series
This is the fourth post in my blog series about how to start and build a solo law practice. In between the last post and this post, I also wrote a “series adjacent” post on the things that, in addition to owning a law firm, I believe that lawyers need to control to...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 16, 2020 | COVID, Dan
We all expected that the unemployment report today was going to be bad. And it was. • 5.2 million people newly unemployed and seeking jobless benefits this week. • The four-week total is estimated at 22 million on the low side. • All job gains under Obama and Trump...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 13, 2020 | Marketing
Two weeks I introduced a new blog series containing a set of weekly action items. The aim is to inspire attorneys who are stuck at home to use their downtime wisely and productively in a way that will position their firms for success when life and business get back to...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 13, 2020 | Solo Series
This is the third post in my blog series about how to start and build a solo law practice. Before jumping into the nuts and bolts that every lawyer who wants to have a successful solo firm should know, I am starting the series by telling my own solo practice story, as...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 10, 2020 | Solo Series
This is the second post in my new blog series about starting a solo law practice. The first was a general introduction to the series and topic, while this post is an introduction to my backstory, which I’ll tell before tackling a range to topics and tricks to...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 9, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Every lawyer in the United States that owns a law firm is at war right now — suddenly and unpredictably. I don’t mean that literally, of course. As a lawyer you’re not being asked to pick up a weapon. But you are facing an enemy that is attacking your status quo on...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 6, 2020 | Marketing
Last Monday I introduced a new blog series containing a set of weekly action items. The aim is to inspire attorneys who are stuck at home to use their downtime wisely and productively in a way that will position their firms for success when life and business get back...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 5, 2020 | Solo Series
Starting a solo law practice is an exciting and scary time for lawyers. Some lawyers jump in without much thought or planning, while other lawyers spend years pondering but never acting. If you’re a lawyer or law student thinking about starting your own practice, let...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 2, 2020 | COVID, Dan
This morning we hosted a webinar that was well attended by both LawLytics customers and non-customer law firm owners across the country. The topic was using the current downtime that you may have to create a sustainable marketing advantage for your law firm. The...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 1, 2020 | COVID, Dan
During this time of physical distancing, clear communication with your clients and potential clients is more important than ever. Previous assumptions about when and how attorneys are available are temporarily invalid. And while the world seems to have moved onto Zoom...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 31, 2020 | COVID, Dan
It’s the last day of March 2020. Job losses are mounting. Three-million plus reported just last week. And if you’re like me, you probably suspect that reality will be much worse than the current numbers when overloaded state unemployment systems catch up to...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 30, 2020 | Marketing
Looks like we’re all likely in this for the long-haul. Optimism about restarting the economy by Easter has given way to the reality that it will not be before May, and could be significantly longer. Schools across the nation are acknowledging that there will be no...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 28, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Today I want to talk about the CARES Act and offer some suggestions about how I think small law firms should approach the potential availability of funding and loan forgiveness to become better and more resilient. Feeling a bit out of touch here at home, I recently...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID, Dan, SEO
I know this is a scary and frustrating time for attorneys who own solo practices and small law firms. It’s easy to react impulsively to normal business down cycles. And what’s happing right now with the COVID-19 pandemic is anything but normal. Knowing...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Today we learned that there were roughly 3.3 million new jobless claims and that the United States now has the most cases of COVID-19. And the evidence points to the probability that both reported numbers fall short (potentially drastically short) of reality. Having...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID, Dan
As I write this the curve of diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the Unites States is still rising sharply. As the nation grapples with fear and uncertainty, and in Washington DC politicians play politics, most lawyers are stuck at home. For most, business has slowed, and for...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 24, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Technology is core to keeping law offices of all sizes running. Last weekend, at the request of several of our customers, I published summaries of the technologies that we use at LawLytics that allow us to operate in the office and remotely with equal efficiency....
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 23, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Have clients and potential clients stopped engaging your law firm in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak? As I write this, the total worldwide cases have passed 300,000, and diagnosed US cases are approaching 27,000. By the time this is published, the numbers are,...
