As attorneys, I think we are all aware that we would love to be able to do away with the billable hour and achieve a method of billing that is both fair to the client and provides a living for the attorney which reflects his skill, knowledge and dedication the attorney puts forward into a representation. I think this is an appropriate issue to be thinking about is we move forward into 2007.
While I generally try to write about products that are useful or helpful to lawyers either from a legal specific or general technology perspective, I think that PC Magazine’s article on The Worst Products of 2006 is worth a read.
While I generally try to write about products that are useful or helpful to lawyers either from a legal specific or general technology perspective, I think that PC Magazine’s article on The Worst Products of 2006 is worth a read.
Throughout my 16 years in private practice, I saw numerous good attorneys have problems in running their practices. Often times, they were simple things such as treating their staff harshly, failing to return phone calls, delays in sending out information, etc. While I never actually took the time to create an actual list of the problems I encountered, luckily, lawyer marketing guru Trey Ryder has done some of this for us.
If you are contemplating the link the new Microsoft Office 2007 edition, here are a couple of Microsoft links that may be useful.
Neil Rubenking posted at AppScout (which is an undertaking of PCMagazine) about how his search for a utility brought him to NirSoft .
Neil Rubenking posted at AppScout (which is an undertaking of PCMagazine) about how his search for a utility brought him to NirSoft .
A word of caution before you upgrade: do not upgrade to Adobe Acrobat Version 8 Standard: you will not be able to create me numbers, permanently remove sensitive information, create billable forms for use in Adobe Reader 8 and the other items shown in the list of legal features at the top of this post.
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