Author Archives: David Bilinsky & Laura Calloway

Manage Chaos! Create a Shared Family Calendar

Our lives as lawyers are hectic enough even before we factor in busy family events. Accordingly our tip is to create a ‘family’ calendar where every family member can enter …

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Take Back Your Privacy!

If you spend any time on the web, you should be aware of the fact that you can be tracked by websites that you do not visit.  This can include …

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Preventing Embezzlement

It is an unfortunate fact of life that the most trusted of employees could be stealing money from their employer.
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The 10 Steps to Going Paperless – Part 2

This is the second of two posts dealing with the management side of taking your office paperless. The first post from last week dealt with the first 5 things to …

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The 10 Steps to Going Paperless – Part 1

Accordingly this post is the first of two based on that presentation dealing with the management side of taking your office paperless.
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Save on Rent. Ditch Your Files.

Real estate costs can be one of a law firm’s highest expenses. There’s no reason to pay rent to house hundreds of case files, especially closed files, that could be …

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Follow ABA TECHSHOW Tweets for New Ideas

Eleanor Roosevelt once said: “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”

The world’s premier legal Technology conference takes place …

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The Best Time to Prepare a to-Do List

The best time to prepare a to-do list for your day is 15 minutes before you go home the night before.

Why 15 minutes before?  Because it may never happen …

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Can I Get a Little Help Here?

Poor delegations skills are a real time-waster, and poor delegation is usually brought on by the attitude “If you want something done right you have to do it yourself.” This …

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But for Those Darn Clients

If you spend any time at all with practicing lawyers, you will invariably hear one or more complain that the practice of law would be wonderful “… if it were …

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