By Pegeen Turner For years, I have preached about disaster planning for law firms. When I am performing an audit for a firm, I always ask about a Disaster Recovery Plan, and many times the answer is a blank stare. In North Carolina, Disaster Recovery Plans usually include things related to hurricanes and other natural […]
By Crystal L. Mathew An ugly truth of private practice, especially in a small or solo firm, is that marketing is a must. You might argue that you didn’t graduate cum laude from law school to hang out at cocktail parties and write blogs, but if you don’t take steps to promote yourself, no one […]
Small Firm Accelerator offers education and networking opportunities to members of the Small Firm & Technology Section. Formerly called Starting out Solo, we have changed the name to Small Firm Accelerator to appeal to a larger group of members and offer a higher level of accessibility to our programming and events. If you are part […]
By Ashley Felton For those of you who are new to this section, welcome! I am delighted to serve as your Chair for the upcoming fiscal year. Following Matt Van Sickle’s and Pegeen Turner’s leadership from the last two years, I hope to continue to grow our section and add value for our members. Our […]
By Jared Pierce I would be lying if I said that going paperless was easy. Making the journey to a mostly digital office has been troubling in so many ways that one article would not be enough to cover the multitude of ways that my staff and I have been inconvenienced. However, of the many […]
By John Szymankiewicz Me: I’ve got the coolest job ever. I’m a beer lawyer. Literally Anyone Else in the World: Wow! That is really cool. Uh, so, er, what do you do? DWIs? Sorry, nope. Keep your “alleged” criminal charges to yourself. I don’t do “DWIs.” In fact, I try really hard not to do […]
By Chris Michalec Phishing is just one of many tools in a cyber hacker’s repertoire and it happens to be one of their most effective. Through phishing, hackers dangle their bait in front of preoccupied employees who would never dream that their PC could provide an open door for a hacker. That’s why it is […]
By Samantha Duncan My clients have the ability to get a hold of me on the telephone, even when I’m not at my desk. Furthermore, they can even contact me when I am not even in the office. However, this does not mean that I have succumbed to breaking my golden rule of never willingly […]
By Pegeen Turner In the age of technology, stolen identities, compromised credit cards and all things online, technology companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and others are trying to help us. These companies have come to recognize that they cannot force their users to use strong passwords and change them frequently. Welcome to two-factor authentication. You […]
By Alicia Mitchell-Mercer Mistakes happen. They happen to brand new attorneys. They happen to attorneys who have been practicing for 30 years. Fear of reprisal can cause competent lawyers to correct and brush those mistakes under the rug so quickly that they do not take time to learn from them. They are a fact of […]