My First Solo
It was twelve years ago today, October 2, 2006, that I went solo. I actually didn’t have much of a plan. I had obtained a position reviewing documents for large
Solo practice
Roger Ebert’s ‘Lawyer in a Movie Rule’ and My Practice
The late great Roger Ebert came up with a set of movies rules for movie viewing gleaned from his decades of amazing reviews. Things like ‘the guy in a war movie who
Foreclosure and Jimmy McGill
Probably the most authentic picture of what it’s like to run a small law firm is Better Call Saul. No, this has nothing to do with working with someone like
Adventures in Solo Practice (Episode #257)
I was on the phone with a mortgage broker last week – yes, like 99% of the general population, foreclosure defense attorneys need mortgages – when he asked me about
2015: The Year in Themes
It’s been quite a year, in court, out of court, blogging, talking, consulting. Since I started putting my thoughts down early in the year a few themes have emerged, themes
Debt, Dickens, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. ~ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Where would Charles Dickens have
Why I’ll Be Cringing During the Republican Debates (… it’s not what you think)
There are three Republican Presidential debates over the next six weeks and they are sure to have a chilling effect on my clients. I’m not referring to the politics, or
The DaVinci Code, Debt, and A Book Announcement
I’m working on a book – Got Debt? Essays from the Front Lines of America’s Debt Epidemic. I’ll be writing (and talking) a lot more about it over the coming
Don’t be a Number
In the areas of law I practice in (mostly foreclosure defense and credit card collection defense), the bulk of the cases are prosecuted by only a few law firms. The majority of cases
It may work in fiction . . .
A staple of the ‘legal thriller’ – both movies and television, from Anatomy of a Murder through The Lincoln Lawyer, and The Good Wife and everything in between is the