The Solo Advisor

It’s a new year and we all know what that means ... new legislation! Here are some new laws that you will need to know. Read more

Happy New Year valued Solo Small Firm Community. The new year and decade hopefully has given you revitalization and drive to make and meet your goals. SSF is absolutely here to help you with any and all of these facets, whether it be getting the education and training you need, how to implement what you learned, to continued support for you and your firm professionally and even personally through wellness awareness. Read more

CLA Solo Small Firm Section partnered up with the newly formed Solo Small Firm Section of L.A. County Bar for our first outside agency joint M.C.L.E. programming held at the LA County Bar building. Read more

When it comes to office space, lawyers have many options. Possibilities include working from home or a café (as long as you’re on encrypted wi-fi and use a VPN) with a completely virtual relationship with clients to investing in your own space at a high-end high rise. Read more

Often when having conversations with colleagues, students, and mentors, lurking in the background or engaging with the moment is the question, how does one become a success? For conversations in the aforementioned scenario are generally about finding or learning some piece of information that helps someone grow. Success is personal to the beholder, internally and externally focused, and there is no one path. If anything, success is determined by what matters to you, others, and is anything but linear. Read more

It’s December and I can’t believe it. I am finding it true that the older I get, the faster the year goes. Maybe it’s just that as SSF attorneys, we are always so busy…getting clients, keeping clients, working our cases, unjamming the printer, and trying to reconcile our end-of-year Quickbooks all while trying to have life with our friends and families. But as it is the holiday season, I think the most useful message I could convey is to remind everyone that the work wheel will always turn, but the time we take to enjoy our friends and family rejuvenates, relaxes and allows us to decompress and re-focus. Read more

By Sabrina Green, Chair, Solo and Small Firm Section It is with saddened hearts that Solo Small Firm Section Executive Committee must announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Philip Shapiro who passed away Saturday night.  Philip was an extraordinary person. He was devoted to his family, the San Diego legal community, and to the SSF community.  Philip A. Shapiro was born in Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. After active duty, he… Read more

The Solo and Small Firm Section (SSF) of the California Lawyers Association’s Mission is to foster a supportive community for solo and small firm practitioners across all areas of practice, to guide our members on their path to becoming strong, competent and ethical solo and small firm business owners, and to recognize the accomplishments of solos and small firm professionals across the state. Read more

On October 9th, Governor Newsom signed the State Bar fee bill (S.B. 176). Among other provisions, S.B. 176 increases the annual dues for active attorneys for 2020 to $544; total fees for inactive licensees will be $183. The new law adjusts the income threshold for scaling to $60,478.35. Read more

Lawyers from throughout California met in beautiful Monterey from October 10th – 12th for CLA’s Annual Meeting. The theme of the event was, “Navigating the Future for all California Attorneys.” The three-day event was packed with extensive CLE programming, networking opportunities, interactive sessions with CLA Leadership, keynote speakers, and an unforgettable night at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Read more