Pet peeve: attorneys who value their time more than your time
Posted Friday, October 4th, 2024 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
A pet peeve of mine, for which I am getting increasingly peevish, is attorneys who set office procedures that value their time more than their
Best practice is to blind courtesy-copy clients on emails to opposing counsel
Posted Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney-Client Relations, Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
I have long believed it to be best practice to courtesy copy clients on all emails one sends in that client’s case. Doing so helps
Why I’m sticking with remote mediations
Posted Thursday, November 17th, 2022 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
Early in the COVID era, the South Carolina Supreme Court authorized mediations using video conferencing. Despite the return of relative normalcy to the operation of
Wiping my behind with anti-spoliation letters
Posted Friday, October 22nd, 2021 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
How did the proclivity for anti-spoliation letters emerge? Such letters inform opposing parties or counsel not to destroy or dispose of evidence and make varying
Does your work product convey seriousness?
Posted Sunday, September 15th, 2019 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
With every litigation both parties have the options of settlement or trial. One factor in deciding whether and on what terms to settle is how
Better to be underemployed than overemployed
Posted Friday, April 21st, 2017 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
There was a recent (April 18, 2017) opinion piece by David Leonhardt in the New York Times titled, “You’re Too Busy. You Need a ‘Shultz
How solo attorneys can work fewer hours, make more money, and have greater job satisfaction
Posted Friday, February 6th, 2015 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Law Practice Management, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
When I talk to law students or young attorneys about law office management, I often show them the following formula as a method of getting
