Small Law / Solos

Lawyer who would like to acquire a law firm and could use advice from someone who has done it. Feel free to to pm.

Any lawyers acquire or take over a law firm and just operate and not practice? Particularly interested if not your practice area

Morning! Do any solos/smalls here pay for attorney-only lead generation services such as Bark or Courtbuddy? Does anyone know of any success with these?

Nagging clients... Is this done yet? Is this done yet? Multiple weeks before the deadline when I have other competing superseding deadlines for other clients. How do you tell an otherwise good client...

Private equity acquisitions of boutique law? Run a boutique law firm in California. I keep getting email and LinkedIn solicitations as a potential purchase target by p/e firms. Seems very sketchy. ...

Plaintiff side employment lawyers: Are you working on contingency, or do you require a retainer and bill your clients hourly? I currently do defense work, but thinking of striking out on my own and ...

In your experience does a good website generate any clients?

Anyone have insight on salary ranges for lawyers 4-5 years out handling discrimination cases in the tri state area like PA and NJ?

I’m a biglaw litigator who specializes in brief writing. I’m considering going out on my own as a full-time freelancer, i.e., I would market myself to other lawyers as a writer for their cases. Has an...

Does anyone know what (if any) fertility/IVF/egg freezing/adoption/surrogacy benefits any of the following firms offer: Cohen Ziffer, Elsberg, Holwell, Susman Godfrey, Friedman Kaplan? TIA!!

We’re building ookulli.com — an AI tool that helps individuals and gig workers understand their contracts through a clean, transparent interface. I’m looking for a solo lawyer, preferably in the UK, ...

All you plaintiff side solo/small lit firms, hows it going regarding settlements? It feels to me as if insurance are a bit tighter than usual with the purse strings. Additionally settlements are takin...

Reactions from your boss/partners when you gave notice to start your own firm?

Feeling so overwhelmed and stressed, thinking “I hate my job, I don’t want to be a lawyer anymore “ far too often. Feel too old to start over in something new, but not quite old enough for retirement...

Help! I just hung my own shingle (literally today) I’m already being inundated with calls! I’m switching from high-end practice in a major city to generalist practice in my rural home town. I have no ...

Every law firm I’ve worked in either had no deadline system or one that felt like a black box. So I built something in between. www.atlex.ai — be honest… roast away. 🔥

I’ve had a great career as a solo for the past 25 years - it’s hard to believe that it has been 25 years! I’m 67 now… and thinking of retirement. Anyone else out there also thinking of retirement? Is ...

How do you find part-time/freelance/fractional litigation support? Specifically, someone who can handle state and federal filings?

7-year litigator here. I built Atlex—a lightweight, visual court-deadline tracker that sits between Big Law bloat and small-shop spreadsheets. Want to kick the tires? Comment “beta” and I’ll DM you.

Is it reasonable to expect to make $150k total profit your first year solo with 4 YOE. I have not been able to get reliable information. I plan to bill myself at $250-300/ hr