Episode 2: Ramen Noodles to Steaks Every Day From being invisible in a large firm and going solo, to starting a partnership only to go solo again, Derek Tran, of The Tran Firm, has seen it all and rolled with … Read More
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Our Paralegal Is Also Our Barista
Episode 1: Our Paralegal Is Also Our Barista In this inaugural episode of Bootstrapped Solo, Pratik Shah welcomes Abbas Kazerounian, one of the founders of Kazerouni Law Group. What started on a broken laptop in coffee shop with a $400 … Read More
Top 5 Things to Think About Before You Go Solo
Top 5 Things to Think About Before You Go Solo The barrier to entry in starting your own law firm has never been lower. You do not need a fancy office, tons of staff, or huge legal libraries to launch … Read More
Create “Core Values” For Your Law Firm – Here’s Why
Create “Core Values” For Your Law Firm – Here’s Why Does a law firm really need a set of “core values?” Most people’s reaction to the idea of setting up core values is resistance. “This is cheesy!” “Doesn’t work for … Read More
California: Get Ready to Embrace Paraprofessionals in the Law
Should California Get Ready to Embrace Paraprofessionals in the Law? On September 21, 2021, the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees gave its preliminary blessing to a proposed “paraprofessional” pilot program. This follows a year long debate about whether … Read More
Top 5 Things You Can Do To Future Proof Your Law Firm
Top 5 Things You Can Do To Future Proof Your Law Firm Migrate to the cloud Most law firms are already on a cloud server in one way or another. They either use something cheap and easy like Google Drive, … Read More
Is an Electronic Signature Legally Binding?
Is an Electronic Signature Legally Binding? Like most legal answers – the answer is “it depends.” There are two major pieces of legislation that introduced the use of electronic signatures into our mainstream lives – (1) Uniform Electronic Transactions Act … Read More
Mental Health – Check On Your Support Staff
Mental Health – Check On Your Support Staff A recent blog in the American Bar Association highlights a topic that is rarely discussed – mental health for paralegals. It’s widely accepted that mental health for attorneys is important. It’s often … Read More
USA Today: The Top 15 Attorneys Disrupting the Legal Industry to Make it Better
USA Today: The Top 15 Attorneys Disrupting the Legal Industry to Make it Better Pratik H. Shah founded a successful law firm in Southern California and made a pronounced career out of going up against the billion-dollar bullies known as … Read More
What Does the Future Hold for the Legal Profession?
What Does the Future Hold for the Legal Profession? Part time lawyers? Practicing from the beach? Meetings in the virtual world? All of that is possible and on the horizon. It’s a brave new world – we will never go … Read More
