Practice of Law

While your livelihood as an attorney depends on having clients, not all clients are good clients. Most client problems can be avoided by choosing clients more carefully. Regardless of the size of your practice, despite what you may think, you will save time and maximize your profit potential by developing and implementing an easy five-step […]

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As a federal wine importer whose wines are distributed in Colorado, I’ve learned on the battlefields of commerce just how “user unfriendly” the Colorado three-tier state alcohol regulatory system under Article 47 Title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes can be. America has 50 separate regulatory regimes governing liquor and vinous spirits sales, from wine […]

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I recently found an area of law that I never knew existed: local counsel.  Before moving to Denver, everything for me was local.  I grew up in Chicago, went to school in Chicago, and worked in Chicago.  My blood pumps celery salt, mustard, and sport peppers.  But then something changed.  I met a girl, got […]

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If you’re a solo, what do you do when you need a hand with a case? For many, it’s a matter of finding other solos to collaborate with. Below, Susan Larsen and Cassandra Netzke discuss considerations if you’re going to work with other solo practitioners and the benefit of clients and colleagues. This is part […]

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When you get to the hospital after an auto collision, be sure to give a complete and accurate medical history to the doctor and nurse.  Include any injuries from previous car accidents, worker’s compensation claims, or other previous injuries.  When speaking to a doctor, try to distinguish the differences between the pain and injuries caused […]

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The ABA TECHSHOW is in full swing In Chicago (our own Reba Nance is attending, as is CBA Solo and Small Firm Past-Chair Jim Duve) and I couldn’t resist the urge to comment on Rachel Zahorsky’s post “The Future of Law: Old Fashioned Client Relationships and Warnings for Solos.” The TECHSHOW’s kickoff event,“LexThink.1: The Future […]

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When I was still working for the city and dealing with every street drunk and druggie in Denver, when my Victim’s Advocate Maria and I were going through oversized aerosol cans of disinfectant and gallons of Purell on a regular basis, I came to realize that everyone who goes into criminal law, whichever side of […]

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Have you ever wondered how spammers collect email addresses? There are several methods but the most common way is using spam robots and email harvesters. These applications are on the Internet constantly browsing and recovering information formatted in the classic email format—for example, example@emailserver.com. These roving harvesters are busily working the Internet and social media […]

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On Nov. 19, the Denver Bar Association held its annual Bench/Bar Retreat on the “Civil Access Pilot Project in the District Courts: Limits on Discovery in Business Cases.”  The Bench/Bar Retreat is an event at which judges and litigators of all stripes get together on a Saturday morning in an informal setting and discuss issues […]

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