Jared D. Correia

1 month ago | abovethelaw.com | Jared D. Correia |Jeremy Barker

What was a forced decision five years ago is now an option that is being warmly welcomed by law firm owners everywhere: The use of remote staff as a viable method for managing workload. Attorneys are utilizing virtual staffers (admininstrators and paralegals), as well as lawyers of all experience levels, on projects or on a fractional basis.

1 month ago | abovethelaw.com | Jared D. Correia |Charles River Associates |Sean Fitzpatrick |Jeremy Barker

There are really two types of personal injury law firms: those with attorneys who are willing to go to trial, and those who would rather settle. For those true trial firms that’ll fight for every last inch, trial technology becomes an important component of what they do. Use the right stuff, and you’ve got yourself a significant competitive advantage. And for entrepreneurial attorneys, building a new practice is half the fun.

2 months ago | abovethelaw.com | Jared D. Correia |Charles River Associates |Jeremy Barker

If you love to travel, it used to be that running a law firm — which, due to jurisdictional requirements, is effectively a local business — could really cramp your style. But in the post-pandemic world, not only is working outside the office more or less normalized — managing a business from a remote location has become an accepted practice, too. So what if you wanted to run your Wyoming law firm while living in Italy?

2 months ago | vermontlawpracticemanagement.blogspot.com | Jared D. Correia

Setting business goals is immeasurably important, for lawyers. Business goals supported by data are measurable. But, you may not be ready for that latter part right away – that may also be true of your staff. While it’s exciting to discover new datasets, and reports – you don’t necessarily have to utilize those to build mandates within your law firm . . . at least , not right away. If you’ve never set data-based metrics before, that’s gonna be a big change for both you and your team.

2 months ago | abovethelaw.com | Jared D. Correia |Jeremy Barker

After long years of looking askance at remote workers, the pandemic forced law firm managers to reconsider that stance. Now, contractors (including virtual and offshore staff) are just as common in the legal environment as anywhere else in the modern economy. We brought an expert in the space onto the Non-Eventcast podcast — Brett Trembly, the co-founder and CEO of GetStaffedUp — to talk over how lawyers can make the right choices about bringing on remote staff.