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Book Review – The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook by Sharon D. Nelson, Bruce A. Olson and John W. Simek

By Stephanie Kimbro | March 14, 2008 | Educational, Practice Management, Technology | 4 Comments

I was fortunate to win the above titled book as a prize during the Macs Practice Law Week hosted by The Inspired Solo. The authors, Sharon D. Nelson, Bruce A. Olson and John W. Simek, mention in the introduction to the book that when they predicted that all lawyers would need to learn about electronic […] ...READ MORE

Legal Directories and a Virtual Law Office – What’s Your Address?

By Stephanie Kimbro | February 5, 2008 | Ethics, Marketing, Practice Management | Leave a Comment

This week I’m considering giving online legal directories another chance. As more and more attorneys are dropping out of Martindale Hubbell, I recently turned to Findlaw’s online directory options. I formerly had a listing with Lawyers.com and was unhappy with the unprofessional splash page that they insisted on setting up for me. Why they would […] ...READ MORE

Unsecure Law Office Emails – Not the Only Way to Talk to Clients Online

By Stephanie Kimbro | January 20, 2008 | Confidentiality, eLawyering, Ethics, Practice Management | Leave a Comment

Ross Kodner of Ross Ipsa Loquitur posted sections of an interview with his state’s bar journal about the state of legal technology. Predictably, the question of security in legal technology came up here. As Kodner discusses, email communications are unsecure and to help with the potential ethics violations, he recommends that attorneys let their clients […] ...READ MORE