The Solo Advisor

We have made it. It is fall and my favorite time of year. While still hot in the day in San Diego, the nights begin to really cool down and you know relief from this seemingly endless summer is just around the corner. Read more

It’s August and the pandemic is still going. Here in San Diego, we can’t get a hair cut again, we can only eat out on a patio in sweltering heat, our gyms are closed, and school is about to start via dreaded distance learning again. With all this, it’s hard to stay upbeat and focused. Read more

On July 20, 2020, the State Bar published its First Annual Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession. According to the Bar, the report provides baseline data on the diversity and workplace satisfaction of California’s attorney population across multiple demographic groups and employment sectors. Read more

A contract is a form of communication that a diverse audience will read and use. Attorneys who focus strictly on the legal terms and not on their word usage may find that style got in the way of substance. Don’t let that happen to you—review and apply these five writing tips whenever you draft a contact of any kind. Read more

On July 24, 2020, the California Department of Public Health released its Employer Playbook For a Safe Reopening providing a summary of information, links and general guidance for California employers related to COVID-19 and safely re-opening business operations. Read more

As law firm business development consultants and trainers, we know that a potential client referred to an attorney by even the most highly regarded referral source will inevitably do an internet search. It is essential that what they find validates what the referrer has said or what they think they know about the firm and/or the attorney. Read more

The following individuals office terms were extended for the period beginning after the 2020 Annual Meeting through the 2021 Annual Meeting. Read more

On July 20, 2020, the State Bar published its First Annual Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession. According to the Bar, the report provides baseline data on the diversity and workplace satisfaction of California’s attorney population across multiple demographic groups and employment sectors. Read more

There are many informal discovery techniques you can use to gather information without using the procedures described in California’s Civil Discovery Act (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 2016.010-2036.050). Most of these techniques can be easily adapted to use as we shelter in place. Read more

It is very hard to believe it is July and summer is in full swing. Here in San Diego, nearly everything had to close again at midnight on the 14th. Our hope that Covid would abate over the summer is unfortunately not the case and it looks like the fall will not be much of a relief. Large counties across the state have said school will not start in the fall on campus, but only online. Read more