Lawyers are very familiar with grit. It’s a skill we’ve used throughout our careers. Many of us first started developing…
Three Takeaways from This Year’s ABA Techshow
The American Bar Association hosted Techshow 2022 last week in Chicago. This annual conference is where lawyers, legal professionals, and…
I Bet You Won’t Guess My Top Books of 2021
2021 was all over the map. So too were the books I read. From memoirs to habits and business how-tos…
How Value-Based Pricing Can Create More Value for your Clients and Change your Practice and Life
Imagine there’s a new way to practice law. One where: You serve clients you love working withYou control your timeYou…
An 8-Step Plan for Sparking Change in 2022
It’s almost a new year which means a new opportunity to spark change is right around the corner. Are you…
???? Watch: The Making of a Birth Justice Attorney with Indra Lusero
Indra Lusero, Founder and Director of Elephant Circle, sits down with us to discuss their path to becoming a birth justice…
Why Solo Practitioners Should Have the Option of Living on Venus OR Mars
A couple of years ago, I watched Avvo founder Mark Britton give a great presentation titled Lawyers are from Mars,…
???? Watch: Finding Success Through Balance with Karen Munoz
Karen Munoz, Partner at Dolan Law, dog lover, and certified yoga teacher, sits down with us to discuss her career path, definition…
Because We Can
We don’t about you, but Lauren and I CANNOT WAIT for the summer Olympic games! We love the competition. We…
What Law Firms can Learn about Reinvention from Netflix
Who needs to reinvent itself more right now than the legal industry? It is no secret the legal profession’s antiquated…
???? Watch: How Being Open to Networking & Possibilities can Lead You to Success with Sarah Rutledge
Sarah Rutledge, Director of Planned Giving at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, sits down with us to discuss her unique career…
Three Takeaways from the Unbundled Legal Services in the New Normal Conference
Last month the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF), the Self-Represented…
What I Learned from Nike
Recently, I finished Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight. Admittedly, this wasn't a book…
How to Let Go of Perfectionism and Move Forward with your Practice and Life
I just finished working on a project – a video training series. When I was contemplating whether to take on…
Finally, a Technique that Makes Brainstorming Legal Product & Service Ideas Fun and Easy
Have you SCAMPERed recently? If your response was yes, I scampered out of Walgreens last week when I received my…
Is it Time to Spring Clean Your Life?
In case you missed it, we officially entered spring a few weeks ago. It can be easy to miss the…
Why a Subscription is Your Ticket to a More Profitable Practice
Subscriptions are EVERYWHERE these days! Cable, beauty, fitness, music, fashion, you name it.It seems like every industry has discovered the…
How do you define success?
Even before I became a lawyer, the measure of success I learned in law school was becoming a partner at…
My Top Books of 2020
If there's one thing I do on most days, it's read. I'm always looking to learn something, whether it's how…
???? Watch: The Importance of Mindset with Brooke Moore
Brooke Moore, Founder of MyVirtual.Lawyer and Co-Founder of (shift)her, sits down with us to discuss her recent ventures shand how a shift in…
???? Watch: Working to Live with Josh Fitch
Joshua Fitch , attorney and Co-Founder of Troxel Fitch, sits down with us to discuss how he's built a practice that gives him…
???? Watch: Moving upstream and helping people stay out of court with the Preventative Law Initiative with Chlece Walker-Neal-Murray
Chlece Walker-Neal-Murray, attorney and Co-Founder of Chicago Advocate Legal, NFP, sits down with us to discuss how she's leveraged her social work…
???? Watch: Empowering and inspiring others through civil rights work with Kendra Spearman
Kendra Spearman, attorney and founder of Spearman Law, LLC and founder and Executive Director of the Justice Renewal Initiative (JRI), sits down with us…
Longevity Lessons from Okinawa
I am currently reading Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer. What's a blue zone you might ask? It's a place…
???? Watch: No longer “faking it until she makes it” with Chrissie Martell
Chrissie Martell, lawyer and founder of The Law Office of Christina Martell, sits down with us to discuss her professional path and…
???? Watch: Doing Well by Doing Good with Scott Kelly from Community Lawyer
BIG thank you to Scott Kelly, President & Co-Founder of Community Lawyer, P.B.C., for chatting with me last week about his startup story…