Comments | kairon_gnothi: Dream a little dream...of me...

kairon_gnothi

Dream a little dream...of me...

Jan 01, 2011 13:41

So, I started off the New Year spending a chunk of time on client/professional development. I updated my LinkedIn profile, asked a happy client for a recommendation/testimonial to post in various places, re-subscribed to an attorney-only discussion group, and spawned an embryonic Twitter feed for commentary on legal issues.

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new year's day, lawyering

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psongster January 1 2011, 18:46:48 UTC

Good luck with this. And let me know if I can help somehow. I hope I won't have many friends I can refer to you -- life is going better if one doesn't need a family-law lawyer. But I have the impression you're good at what you do, and I'd be glad to see you get more clients/independence/security.

kairon_gnothi January 1 2011, 22:43:49 UTC

Thanks - I know you already have. I also do more than family law (although it is my favorite area) so don't let that stop you from passing my info around.

psongster January 3 2011, 02:36:53 UTC

So how would you describe the range of what you do? The more specifics I know, the more able I am to do pattern-matching when opportunities arise.

Practice areas... kairon_gnothi January 4 2011, 15:18:44 UTC

Let's see...family law, all kinds, and the branchings-off of abuse protection issues (both seeking and defending), criminal defense (domestic A&B), representing caregivers coping with DCF, and crafting alternative legal structures in support of alternative family structures (trusts, powers of attorneys, and the like). Small trusts & estate planning (I refer out for the complicated work), in-court probate work for small- to medium-sized estates ( ... )

Re: Practice areas... psongster January 4 2011, 15:32:09 UTC

Thank you! This is very helpful -- both the list of what you've done and the list of things that require a specialized practice.

I hear you about the real estate-related law sometimes being as messily emotional as family law. After nine years on the board of an 11-unit condo, there is no way I would ever consider living in a 2-unit condo, except perhaps with close friends who are verging towards family status anyway.

I know you need to be careful about how much you share about cases. But I wish you luck in that Foreign Claims Act case if you take it, and the family luck either way. And thank you for the work with refugees.

metasilk January 3 2011, 22:27:54 UTC

January 1 is a day for dreaming, right?

Yes. Although if you are me -- which thankfully, you aren't -- it's just as likely to be December 21 or January 3rd or June 17. Because I'm not quite in synch, or something. **chuckle**

Good plans, you!