An awesome courtroom drama… cartoon. We’ve all seen the classic “trial” movies. 12 Angry Men. To Kill a Mockingbird. Anatomy of a Murder. Inherit the Wind. Witness for the Prosecution. Judgment at Nuremberg. Even The Verdict, although it regularly makes me…
You MUST see these profile photos. Lynn Hajek is a terrific litigator — smart, funny, and tough (think Elle Woods from Legally Blonde without the naiveté). Her firm, AHL, has a high-quality Manhattan med mal defense practice. It also has a decade-old website — sadly, it’s…
THESE pictures are worth 1,000 words. Lorne MacLean is likely British Columbia’s top consumer lawyer. He grew his family law practice into one of Vancouver’s largest and finest practices (remember our award-winning wedding cake ad?), then diversified into other areas, including…
Is your Website a 24/7 Cheap Suit? A lawyer I know is obsessive about his appearance. He wears $2,000 Italian suits, starched white shirts with French cuffs, and has a personal shoe-shine guy come to his office every few days….
“College on a Raft” and Law Firm Marketing. My third son, Jonathan, is a high school junior. Darn smart kid, he’s getting all sorts of daily mail from colleges all over the US. Good ones, great ones, many I’ve never…
Good-bye Georganne! Enjoy Retirement! One of my all-time favorite Administrators is retiring this week — Shefsky & Froelich’s Georganne Binnie. She’s been at the firm 15 years. I’ve worked with Georganne many times over many years, and she’s everything a law…
“I’m Not an Expert, but I Think…” “Mad Men” and The Challenge of Client Pitches. In this brilliant one-minute clip (click here), “Mad Men” captures precisely how Pitch Meetings can go tragically wrong, in any industry or organization. And this…
Here’s Proof That Marketing is More Important than Technology. You meet someone at a party or conference and she seems smart and skilled. So you get her card and do the next thing people do, you visit her firm’s website. …
CBS News anchor Scott Pelley thanks Jones Day. I always thought this was one of the best examples of opportunistic and strategic marketing by a major law firm. Jones Day’s Washington DC office apparently has a great view overlooking the…
New brand or website? Time for a party! Some firms launch via memo from the marketing committee or managing partner. What a wasted opportunity! When we launched Hedrick Gardner’s new marketing campaign and website, their internal team really took it…