CLIENT GOALS 5: MEMORIAL DAY, LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AND DEVELOPING A TRANSCENDENT PURPOSE

In my last blog post, Client Goals 4: How to Choose a Meaningful Goal, I spoke of my recent trip to Washington, DC and the various memorials that attest to the grand vision and immense sacrifice of so many to secure the blessings of liberty that most people in this world do not get to … Read more

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CLIENT GOALS 4: HOW TO CHOOSE A MEANINGFUL GOAL

In Client Goals 1: How to Avoid Aimless Drifting, I spoke of the need for having a clear goal in all your legal endeavors. In this blog post, I will focus on the need for having a clear and meaningful goal that is worthy of your time and energy – that supports your life/business. Too … Read more

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Client Empowerment 2: Trademark Scams — Client Beware

Here is a warning for anyone who files a trademark.  As a business and trademark lawyer, I have filed hundreds of trademark applications for my clients in the USA and abroad.  Although I am set up as the point person for all communications, the applicant’s address must be listed in the application and the application … Read more

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Client Empowerment 1: When should you ‘play lawyer’?

I always try to focus my client on figuring out how to best utilize my legal services in the most efficient and cost effective way possible.  In the attorney-client relationship, inefficiencies happen in 2 ways.  In one scenario, the client does too much on their own and ends up putting themselves in legal peril because … Read more

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Client Goals 3: What You Need Your Lawyer To Tell You

In 2005, I attended a conference for lawyers in Amelia Island, Florida.  The location was spectacular but there were mosquitoes galore.  The glorious brochures beckoning me to come to this paradise location never mentioned these bugs, or how much they would enjoy my blood.  (I thought, is this how our clients feel about us lawyers? … Read more

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Client Goals 2: Be Realistic or Get Clobbered

In my last blog post, we were drifting in a sailboat aimlessly a few feet from the shore and realized that this is not how we should approach our legal matters. I posed a series of questions to help clients begin to identify their optimal goals. In this post, we will look at phase 2 … Read more

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Client Goals 1: How to Avoid Aimless Drifting

A few years ago, my client took me sailing. I am a novice and relied on his expertise, which for some reason was sorely lacking that day. There were a number of technical difficulties to start; after an hour, we finally left the shore. We did not get very far before we ended up drifting … Read more

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