by Dan Jaffe | May 17, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today I’m concluding my story about hiring my first law firm employees with the final part of this chapter… hiring my fiancée. I wrote the last chapter over a week ago, and talked about hiring my first true legal assistant after making the mistake of altering a job to...
by Dan Jaffe | May 15, 2021 | Dan
Today I got a $16 dollar haircut. It was a big event as its the first time I wouldn’t end up with a self-inflicted shaved head since the start of Covid. The conversation I had with the barber, and how I found the barber and booked my appointment, and what it...
by Dan Jaffe | May 7, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today I’m going to pause my story about hiring my first law firm employees to address something unexpected. On Wednesday, I wrote something that turned out to touch more of a nerve (and was more controversial) than I had imagined or intended. In a blog post about my...
by Dan Jaffe | May 6, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today we’ll talk about my next hire, which was my first true experienced law legal assistant. We’ll discuss how that made my life and my practice so much more scalable — but how it also made me vulnerable as a solo practitioner. This is the next post in my...
by Dan Jaffe | May 5, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
This is the next post in my solo law practice story, which is an intro to a larger blog series about building a solo or small law firm that I plan to write. I’m sharing my story to provide context to my perspective. This week I’m writing about my first experiences...
by Dan Jaffe | May 4, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
This is the next post in my ongoing blog series about how to start a law practice. In these early posts, I’m telling my story. Today I’m up early to write the second part of my story about my first law firm hires. In yesterday’s post, I described where I was at in my...
