TechnoLawyer: Law Office Management

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

Debevoise Names Seven New Partners

Mintz Levin Elevates Six Attorneys to Members of the Firm

Six Attorneys Join Benesch

Milbank to Move NY Office to Hudson Yards

Congratulations to Natasha Innocenti of Law Practice on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: The Big Law Pay Gap.

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Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 46 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Documenting the Client File

The Solo's Quandary

How Should Small Law Firms Use Facebook?

Facebook Advertising for Lawyers?

Congratulations to Lindsay Kolowich of HubSpot on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: 17 Things People Absolutely Hate About Your Website

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Podcasts contain great information but require a large time commitment. Solution — podcast summaries like this one. In this issue of SmallLaw, we summarize a recent podcast by the inimitable Lee Rosen who posits that lawyers are usually to blame for an angry client. Rosen lays out 10 surefire ways to anger your clients. Try all 10 and instead of practicing law you might find yourself asking clients of a different sort if they want fries with that. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for four tips on improving your website's conversion rate.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 40 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Get Ready to Pay Your Associates Overtime

Technology and Client Retention

How One Question Leads to Months of Solid Blog Ideas

Shove Your Political Opinions Where They Belong

Congratulations to Carolyn Elefant of My Shingle on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Do State Bars Hurt Lawyers More Than They Help?

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

DLA Piper Announces Partnership Promotions for 2016

Rapid Growth Continues at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC With Addition of Six Attorneys

Fox Rothschild Boosts West Palm Office by 25 Percent

Dentons and Rodyk Formalize Combination

Husch Blackwell and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Announce Combination

Manatt Strengthens Consumer Protection Bench in New York

Congratulations to Brian Dalton of Above the Law on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Last of the True Partnerships.

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BiglawWorld keeps you apprised of lateral hires, internal promotions, mergers, new offices, accolades, and other inside baseball at America's largest law firms. Because we organize this self-reported news by practice area and law firm, BiglawWorld takes just a few minutes to scan yet its comprehensiveness makes it the only source you need. Each issue of BiglawWorld also links to insightful articles, statistical reports, rankings, podcasts, and videos about large law firms. The BiglawWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 45 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Here's How You Compare to Your Competition

Let Colleagues Know You'll Accept Work on a Contract Basis

The Best Email Marketing Software of 2016

Squarespace vs WordPress for Your Law Firm Website

Congratulations to Kristin Piombino of Ragan on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Do You Have These Bad Email Manners?

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

ATB Announces Partners

Bradley Arant Welcomes Five Attorneys to Charlotte Office

Morrison & Foerster Announces the Addition of Eight New Government Contracts and Litigation Partners in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia

Former DOJ Attorney Jeffrey Wertkin Joins Akin Gump

Gray Reed Continues to Grow Intellectual Property Practice

Cole Schotz Grows National Footprint With Opening of Florida Office

Congratulations to John Remsen of The National Law Review on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Managing Partners Need to Stop Winging It.

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BiglawWorld keeps you apprised of lateral hires, internal promotions, mergers, new offices, accolades, and other inside baseball at America's largest law firms. Because we organize this self-reported news by practice area and law firm, BiglawWorld takes just a few minutes to scan yet its comprehensiveness makes it the only source you need. Each issue of BiglawWorld also links to insightful articles, statistical reports, rankings, podcasts, and videos about large law firms. The BiglawWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

Former NHTSA Chief Counsel Jacqueline Glassman Joins King & Spalding's Automotive Practice in Washington, D.C.

Former Department of Justice Attorney and IRS Counselor, Joseph A. Rillotta, Joins Drinker Biddle

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Joins Polsinelli, Strengthens National White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Practice

Cooley: #1 Law Firm for VC Financings in Q1 2016

Holland & Knight's Litigation Practice Expands in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., With Addition of Mark Churchill

Congratulations to Ward Bower of Altman Weil on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Existential Threats to Law Firms.

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BiglawWorld keeps you apprised of lateral hires, internal promotions, mergers, new offices, accolades, and other inside baseball at America's largest law firms. Because we organize this self-reported news by practice area and law firm, BiglawWorld takes just a few minutes to scan yet its comprehensiveness makes it the only source you need. Each issue of BiglawWorld also links to insightful articles, statistical reports, rankings, podcasts, and videos about large law firms. The BiglawWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 52 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Making Payroll Is Tough. Here's How to Do It.

Surge in CoWorking Options for Lawyers

How Branded Legal Networks Help Smaller Firms Land Big Work

Why Attorneys Need Responsive Websites

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Divorce Discourse on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Your First Employee Won't Solve the Problem

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to BiglawWorld: Our editorial team has assembled links to all the partner promotions and lateral moves announced by America's largest law firms during the past week in an easy-to-scan format. You'll also find must-read analysis, rankings, trends, etc. about large law firms.

We'd like to congratulate everyone who leveled up this week. Here's a sampling:

Florida-Based Greenspoon Marder Announces Major Expansion With Opening of New York Office

McGuireWoods Opens San Francisco Office, Adds Partners From Coast to Coast

Scott Barshay Joins Paul, Weiss as Global Head of M&A

Leading Private Equity Partner David Blittner Joins Ropes & Gray in New York

Former U.S. Attorney Michael Battle Joins Barnes & Thornburg's Litigation Department in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to David Lat of Above the Law on winning our BiglawWorld Pick of the Week award: Inside Scott Barshay's Move From Cravath to Paul Weiss.

How to Receive BiglawWorld
BiglawWorld keeps you apprised of lateral hires, internal promotions, mergers, new offices, accolades, and other inside baseball at America's largest law firms. Because we organize this self-reported news by practice area and law firm, BiglawWorld takes just a few minutes to scan yet its comprehensiveness makes it the only source you need. Each issue of BiglawWorld also links to insightful articles, statistical reports, rankings, podcasts, and videos about large law firms. The BiglawWorld newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.