by Elizabeth | Jun 21, 2019 | business development
Happy Summer Solstice, lawyers! On this longest day of the year, take a few minutes to blow the dust off the one page business development plan you wrote in January for your law practice. Perhaps you made notes with good intentions in December or, better yet, you...
by Elizabeth | Jan 26, 2017 | business development
The assertions keep coming: I don’t want to be braggy. I hate talking about myself. I’m not comfortable blowing my own horn. I don’t want to be one of those people…you know what I’m talking about. I can’t stand those guys...
by Elizabeth | Nov 3, 2016 | business development, career management
Major, Lindsey & Africa published its bi-annual partner compensation survey of BigLaw firms in mid October. I answered a few questions about the partner gender pay gap in today’s Detroit Legal News column “Asked & Answered”. My advice...
by Elizabeth | Nov 3, 2016 | business development
It’s Q4 and the law firm is asking you for your business development plan for 2017! Or you keep telling yourself that next year will be the year you really break through! Where’s your plan for that? How will you make that happen? What will help you...
by Elizabeth | Jul 25, 2013 | business development
In addition to the potential ethical issues for lawyers raised by LinkedIn’s endorsements and recommendations features, beware of the following potential pitfalls and mistakes on LinkedIn. I’ve seen way too many real life examples of all of these....
