"If you can't teach it, you can't systemize it. If you can't systemize it, you can't grow it." - Mike Michalowicz, The Pumpkin Plan, in Chapter Two

A lawyer is a walking search engine and whose brains are picked by clients in search of answers to their burning legal questions. Whenever a question is asked, a lawyer carefully evaluates the question and then process it against the wealth of legal knowledge, skills, and experience that he has accumulated thus far. There's a … Continue reading Mental exhaustion: the price for lawyering →

Lawyers are not required to accept any client that comes knocking on their door. If you want to increase your chances of hiring your preferred lawyer, you may want to be in turn his ideal client. Here are some suggestion that might make you his/her ideal client; 1. Someone who already knows what they want. … Continue reading The lawyer’s ideal client →

There is an old adage in the legal profession which says that: the law is a jealous mistress. The saying is a reflection of the life of younger lawyers and law students who dedicate much of their time and attention to the study of law. If you can imagine what a jealous mistress looks like, … Continue reading The law is a sweetheart, not a jealous mistress →

By its very definition, a legal retainer is a contract with a lawyer who is hired for compensation over an extended period of time, in exchange for access by the client who can continuously ask for legal advice without being repeateadly charged. The defining trait is having access to a lawyer who is familiar with … Continue reading Guide to legal retainers with lawyers →