by Shanda Tinney On August 15th my entire life changed. My husband and I had just sold our home and were moving. Closing day was scheduled for August 15th. We had been packing and sorting all month and started moving the week before. My husband became very ill. He had been tired the whole week…
Category Archives: Work/Life
When is it time to call it quits
That’s the Charlie Brown advice we were taught growing up. Never, ever give up. Quitting is for losers. Now that we’re grown up, things are just never that simple. I recently came across the story of a new solo from Washington who started his law practice. He was doing well for about 6-months (and by…
Basic Business Etiquette (for lawyers or anyone)
I’m going to be speaking at the first annual GP Solo Symposium for the Massachusetts Bar Association on March 31st on the effective ways to network. Mainly I’m going to be talking about the proper ways to network, the goals and what to do. As a trailer to my talk, I’m going to share one…
How a solo practitioner goes on vacation
*This article appeared in the Mass Bar Association’s weekly Lawyer e-Journal: Tip of the Week 9/24/2009. Being a solo practitioner for two years, I finally decided to take my first real vacation for an entire week. Through it all, I learned that there are three things necessary to effectuate a vacation for a solo practitioner:…