Most lawyers have previously worked from home on occasion. Sometimes getting away from the office distractions while researching and drafting an important brief was the best plan for focusing. As we know, the last couple of months, where many lawyers worked from home almost exclusively, was an entirely different “work from home” situation. The Pennsylvania...

Of course, lawyers are supposed to always tell the truth! But we got you to click and read this important security tip, didn’t we? Your mother’s maiden name can likely be located with a little online research. Therefore, using your mother’s maiden name as your password recovery security question is dumb! That used to be...

One of the promises of smart phones and tablets was to always have something handy to take notes that you couldn’t lose. Early personal digital assistants included a stylus for notetaking, which was easy to lose. The Notes app installed on iOS devices by default is painfully basic. Brett Burney had Jeff Richardson as a...

“Do you accept credit cards?”, was a question that a client had to ask a law firm years ago because not every law firm did. Lawyers and law firms that were unable to process electronic payments were often challenged during the last two months. We heard tales of woe of lawyers in other states barred...

Everyone loves a good tech tip, especially one that can be implemented quickly. My daily tip today was going to be about the release of Zoom 5.0 and how the upgrading will enable GCM Encryption.(If you don’t upgrade by May 30, you not only won’t have the protection of encryption, but you will be locked...

Many lawyers forced to work from home had done so many times and had the tools in place to do so. Of course, the crisis and other closures gave working from home a different feel. But other lawyers didn’t have the infrastructure or experience and had to learn some things on the fly. They had...

People shopping online for all sorts of things, including legal services, has been a growing trend for some time. But it has certainly accelerated recently. The Oklahoma Bar provides a free service for those who are searching for Oklahoma-licensed lawyers at www.OklahomaFindaLAwyer.com . Lawyers are automatically listed in their home county and can designate up...

Oklahoma has a district court rule outlining how a lawyer can deliver limited scope legal services. Essentially our rule allows lawyers to prepare court documents for clients who will then attend a court hearing or obtain a judge’s approval on an order. Lawyers disclose their drafting assistance to the court with a brief written statement....

You might think that opening a new law practice during a pandemic is a bad idea. But for many lawyers, it is the best idea. For lawyers who have just passed the bar and always dreamed of opening their practices, it is time. For lawyers who have left employment or were laid off because the...

Working from home really wasn’t the challenge. A lot of lawyers and legal assistants had worked from home on occasion. The big difference this time was the reason we were working from home, with the abruptness, the stress, other closures and disruptions. I have reviewed several working from home productivity tips pieces. Today I am...