South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Chilly economy puts the freeze on divorces

We candidly admit that we are penny-pinchers when it comes to controlling overhead. In the majority of law firms, we find that decisions concerning vendors and costs of purchases for anything from supplies to equipment are controlled by a desire ...

The recession is sending many law firms back to the basics, and nothing is more fundamental to “The Business of Law” than the two basic models to make money. In model one, look at your revenue and figure out what ...

With almost two-thirds of potential clients beginning their search for a lawyer online, every attorney needs a Web site, even a sole practitioner. But Sharon Nelson, the president of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a computer forensics and legal technology corporation based ...

Briefly … The law firm of McCorkle & Johnson has named Robert L. McCorkle III as a partner. His practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial real estate, corporate law, condominium and association law and landlord/tenant law. The firm ...

According to the Bar Board of Overseers, there were 51,999 active registered lawyers in the state of Massachusetts in 2008. The Board’s Office of Bar Counsel, in its FY 2008 annual report, states that complaints were opened last year against ...

In Hollywood, they say all publicity is good publicity, so long as they spell your name right. Having been in legal journalism for going on eight years, I’ve come to the conclusion that many lawyers and litigants think the opposite ...

In every law firm, the need for capital to grow or stabilize comes up. A good strategic plan allows the creation of marketing, technology and financial plans, to name a few. If you decide you need to fund growth or ...

Attorneys not yet engaging in online social networking seem to be forfeiting a huge opportunity to attract new clients. Lawyers and legal specialists who have strong online presences through such social-networking sites as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn say those holdouts ...

Today, slide presentations are simply expected. Attorneys may need to create them for clients, closing arguments, lectures or mediations. Microsoft PowerPoint may be the most popular software for creating slide presentations, followed by Apple’s presentation software called Keynote, but these ...