Maine Law Practice Management

In most small  law  firms, partner tracks are  pretty much entirely   ad hoc  –  whereas  larger law firms  usually  have something of a formulation ( but , not always) .   That means that there are a lot of promises that get thrown out in small firms – many of which never come to fruition .   A common variation on this theme is an older partner telling a  younger  associate that said partner is just about ready to retire (5 years away, is a common trope), and will pass the f ir m over to the associate  then   – only, that never happens & the senior attorney keeps practicing and practicing and practicing  . . .     Now,  it’s  hard to find a party to blame here .   Most of th es e partners have the best intentions – they just really like practicing, and  don’t  have any kind of succession plan  that they can rely on  ( and,   maybe  wo...

If  you’re  still sharing files with clients, referral  sources  and other attorneys, via email attachment – or,  heaven   forfend:  fax!  –   you need to step up your game.   Email is an inherently unsecure technology; so, if you’re sending confidential information  via email, you need to secure that information, by encrypting it – at the document level, or at the system level.    But,  that takes  additional  time and effort, and cost s  more.   Instead, why not share confidential information through a secure ,  encrypted platform, th rough which  the person who is to receive the information logs into, thereby bypassing the email problem, where  that information passes through several servers (some of which may be unencrypted), before reach ing  its  final  destination .   With a client portal, your document stays where it is (safely encrypted), and yo...