Posts on legal tech, litigation, & eDiscovery

Being a litigator means managing an immense amount of information. Witnesses, documents, key dates, and legal issues have to be tracked and managed for each case. Your success hinges on your ability to persuade, but you can't persuade without...

A good settlement with a known outcome beats the uncertainty of going to trial almost any day.

The growth of online customer reviews has greatly impacted both small and large law firms. How you respond to negative and positive feedback online is critical to managing your law firm’s reputation. Let’s take a look at some best practices for...

Email is a quintessential boon and bane for every lawyer. It is so ubiquitous and familiar that it has become an integral part of our work. Yet, by not managing it efficiently, it is costing us more time than we realize.

If not managed well, email...

For many law school grads around the United States, prepping for the Bar Exam is a long and arduous process that can lead to anxiety and stress. After three years of law school, there is no greater fear than failing the Bar. And yet, this...

Lawyers are inherently busy. Filing deadlines, letters to clients, depositions, meetings, phone calls... I know that I was always looking for that magic bullet that would solve my time management woes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist—with only so...

Having been on both sides of legal tech - both as a consumer when I was practicing and now as a producer as a founder of CaseFleet - I have learned a great deal about the different solutions that can help lawyers run their practice more efficiently....

Family law is among the fastest growing practice areas in the legal profession. And why shouldn’t it be? Dealing with family matters can be some of the most sensitive and stressful situations faced in a lifetime, and when someone needs help with a...

When I graduated from law school in 2010, legal jobs were very hard to find. After a brief stint as a staff attorney, I wasn't feeling very optimistic about my chances of finding a job that would fulfill the dreams that led me to attend law school...

I encounter many small law firms that continue to operate on-premises servers that hold key firm data, files, and even emails. While having a server is less and less common for new firms, it seems that many existing firms feel compelled to keep...