You’ve finally selected the beautiful new office space, hired the moving company, and connected your phone and Internet service. Maybe you’ve even sent an announcement to all of your clients. You’re finally relaxing a bit, thinking you’re all prepared to move your law firm to your new office. Well, think again. Unless you’ve taken some […]

People plan to die. We know it’s going to happen. Perhaps we have life insurance to cover our financial responsibilities and care for our loved ones. We may have a Will to divvy up our assets at death. It’s usually not something we look forward to. But, we know it’s going to happen. But, we […]

We recently did some spring cleaning throughout the office. We ended up sending 20 large boxes of recycled paper along with a ton of other little things that accumulate over the years. Well, Susan Russel uncovered an old message I wrote for our Members. I figured… what the heck, let’s recycle this too! Back in April 1996, […]

Paralegal. Receptionist. Legal assistant. Attorney. Custodian. We know what these positions entail, right? So why is it necessary to write a job description? After all, someone applying for any of these positions should already know what the core job responsibilities are or they wouldn’t be applying for them. Writing down the position’s job requirements takes […]

Today’s world is increasingly mobile. It’s increasingly common for estate planning attorneys to have clients who weren’t born in the United States or who own property outside of the United States. How do we meet the needs of these clients? The threshold question is the citizenship of the individual. Is the client a citizen of […]

I know it’s Monday, and no one despises starting the week off down in the dumps more than me, but let’s just get down to brass tacks here: Attorneys are, statistically, one of the most depressed and stressed groups of professionals and the profession with the fourth highest suicide rate in the US, according to […]

Recently the Academy team dedicated an entire Friday at the Academy office to de-cluttering, cleaning and purging old files and materials. We had a thorough spring cleaning two summers ago and had noticed items in each of our offices and common areas starting to pile up again. Instead of working in the chaos and clutter […]

This is part of a series of 6 blogs on important estate planning considerations. I’ll intersperse these blogs with other timely blogs. The first article in the series showed how an estate plan prepares one for incapacity during life and not just for the distribution of assets at death. The second article in the series […]

Estate planning attorneys recognize that most people are not eager to discuss end-of-life issues. The remarkable worldwide rise of death discussion movements over the past decade can help get the conversation started. Here’s an overview of the most popular movements, in order of when they were started in the United Kingdom or the United States. […]

The official start of summer is quickly approaching and the season usually brings vacations for many of us and for some Academy Members, half day Fridays. With a slimmer workforce and/or hours, how can you ensure that your team is as productive as other seasons? The most consistent and persistent traits we have seen in […]