Friday, May 3, 2019
Podcast previews 2019 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
Originally published by Lowell Brown.
The latest episode of the State Bar of Texas Podcast features a preview of the 2019 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting with Executive Director Trey Apffel and an interview with President Joe K. Longley, who is part of a class of 50-year lawyers who will be honored at the event. Listen here.
Annual Meeting attendees can complete up to a year’s worth of CLE credits in two days for only $295. The early bird registration rate ends May 13. Register here.
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
You are Never too Young to Become a “Go To” Lawyer
Originally published by Cordell Parvin.
During my law career and my coaching career, I told associates and young lawyers that they are never too young to begin working on becoming a “go to’ lawyer.
Years ago I read The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout. One of the laws is the importance of being first in the mind of your clients. The authors use a common example asking who was the second person to cross the Atlantic solo in an airplane? Likely you don’t know or remember. Yet, most of us know that Charles Lindbergh was first to cross the Atlantic solo in an airplane.
Do you know who was the third person to cross the Atlantic solo in a plane? You likely do not know. But, if asked who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo in a plane, you would more likely know it was Amelia Earhart. You are more likely to remember because she was the first in a new category.
What does this have to do with law?
You may be like several lawyers I coached who worked under a senior lawyer who casted a huge shadow because he or she was the “go to” lawyer in his or her field. Knowing the importance of being first in the mind of clients and potential clients, what can you do if you are faced with that challenge?
Think about what you want to accomplish. You need to ask this because it will be challenging to be seen by your clients and potential clients as the “go to” lawyer in something you don’t care about. Then you can take one of these approaches:
- If you can’t be the “go to” lawyer in that niche, narrow your focus and focus on a new niche. I narrowed my marketing focus from commercial litigation to construction litigation to transportation construction. A lawyer I am coached narrowed his focus from commercial litigation to computer forensics involved in litigation.
- Do something the “go to” senior lawyer is not doing. Create a Blog, do Podcasts, conduct webinars, make your articles downloadable from your website bio, become active on social networking sites.
You are never too young, never too inexperienced to begin working on being the “go to” lawyer in a niche. What are you doing to become a “go to” lawyer?
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Students K-12 take home awards at 2019 Law Day competition
Originally published by Eric Quitugua.
The 2019 Law Day competition, hosted by the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Young Lawyers Association, challenged students from across the state to reflect on American principles of free speech, free press, and free society.
The students, ranging from kindergarteners to high school seniors, submitted essays, photographs, and posters centered on that theme. The top three winners were recognized in the editorial and photography contests, as well as the top three in the kindergarten to second grade, third to fifth grade, sixth to eighth grade, and ninth to 12th grade groups.
More information about the contest and a list of the winners can be found on the State Bar website.
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Frustration Over Broken Printer Leads Houston Firm to Sue HP Inc. for $100,000
Originally published by Texas Lawyer.
Who among us has not, at some point in time, wanted to throw a malfunctioning printer out the window, or smash it with a sledgehammer? One Houston law firm took a different route—a lawsuit seeking $100,000—when its expensive printer broke and the firm felt that HP Inc. wasn’t honoring its warranty.
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Revised anti-SLAPP bill passes Texas house
Originally published by David Coale.
A significantly limited new version of the TCPA has passed the Texas House; a similar version is still pending in the Senate. The bill addresses several aspects of the statute’s application in business cases. While the lingering Erie issue about the TCPA’s application in federal court remains, the issue will have less ongoing significance if the Legislature reduces this statute’s force in commercial litigation.
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Champions of Justice Gala raises $455,050 for veterans’ legal services
Originally published by Lowell Brown.
The Texas Access to Justice Commission with its co-sponsor, the State Bar of Texas, honored veterans throughout the state at the Champions of Justice Gala Benefiting Veterans on Tuesday in Austin. More than $455,050 was raised to help provide civil legal services to low-income Texas veterans.
Proceeds are distributed by the Texas Access to Justice Foundation and dedicated to the provision of civil legal services for low-income Texas veterans.
Read the news release.
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