“Things should only move for a good reason.” I received a electronic holiday card recently, emailed from a full-service law firm. Illustrated by a generic wintery graphic, it had a simple 10-word headline: “Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a…
Crazy Holiday Cards from two ERISA law firms! Yeah, I said ERISA firms. I like ERISA lawyers. I find them to be smart, sincere, and hard working. But their reputation isn’t generally as the life of the party. You wouldn’t ordinarily…
“Have Yourself an Unindicted Christmas” Law Firm Holiday Card I always enjoy the style and sense of humor of Waco, Texas criminal and civil lawyers Will Hutson and Chris Harris at full-service Hutson & Harris. My previous favorite ditty was the practical advice…
Follow the YelLAW Brick Road. I know, that was lame. Every year I look forward to the Proctor Heyman holiday e-card. A small litigation powerhouse, the firm has the unique ability to create memorable, occasionally over-the-top holiday cards every year….
I LOVE this card. As you might know from my historic blog posts, I’m often very critical of law firm e-cards — there are so many ways firms can get them wrong. They’re too long, too dull, too cliche’d. They’re…
Are You Sending a Generic Unsigned Holiday Card? Here’s the rule: If you won’t sign them, don’t send them. I always get a year-end holiday card from my best friend, a terrific lawyer I’ve known for 40 years. We shared…
[This is an updated repost of a popular pre-holiday rant] Q: Are holiday cards effective? A: I think that they can be considered one more nice way to stay in touch, to send a friendly communication to a large number…
Holiday Card: “Are You My Lawyer?” We all remember the childhood classic “Are You My Mother?” by P.D. Eastman (1960). Well I received an interesting parody of it, “Are You My Lawyer?” by “E.B. Funny.” It was created as a holiday card…
Two Clever Law Firm Holiday Cards We’re not doing a big Best-Of competition for lawyer holiday cards this year. But two of my early favorite legal photo cards so far have been: 1. The Gerson Law Firm, with their Star…
“Is this the worst law firm holiday e-card ever?” That’s the question posed to me by a friend who’d received it today from an international law firm. I’ve often said how risky I think it is to mix business with a…