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Client: ‘Can My Parents Pay for My Attorney Fees?’, Lawyer: ‘Yes, but…’

By Jim Calloway Some lawyers and I recently were discussing the problems of family law cases in which the parents are paying for a child’s attorney’s fees. It is a very common situation, given the finances of many young married couples. Parents are usually quite willing to pay for attorney’s fees in family law matters…

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What Is Your Law Firm’s Social Media Strategy?

By Jim Calloway Everyone (including me) says your law firm has to have a website and almost everyone says that your law firm really needs to also have social media accounts, which are also, at least in part, websites. Most of you understand how that can be true as two of your big gateways for…

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Recent Technology News and Developments for 2014

By Jim Calloway There’s been quite a lot of technology-related news over the last several months. Some of it is directly related to the legal profession. Much of it is at least indirectly related to the legal profession. There have also been some interesting court rulings related to technology. Rather than featuring just a few…

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ABA TECHSHOW 2014

By Jim Calloway ABA TECHSHOW 2014 was reported to have had an all-time record number of registered attendees, including at least seven from Oklahoma. There are other legal technology conferences, but ABA TECHSHOW is special. No other conference brings together so many of the people who write and blog about technology, do technology consulting for law…

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Reading Online News Items (2014 Edition)

By Jim Calloway The 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web just occurred. The creation date is said to be March 12, 1989, which is the date that Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper proposing an arrangement of information organization and linking that grew into the WWW. Now 87 percent of American adults use the…

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Rocking on Tulsa Time! 2014 OBA Solo & Small Firm Conference and YLD Midyear Meeting

By Jim Calloway The 2014 OBA Solo & Small Firm Conference will be coming to the Hard Rock Casino Resort Tulsa June 19-21, 2014. It all begins with the OBA Open Golf Tournament at the beautiful Cherokee Hills Golf Club on June 19.  And by “open,” we mean open to all lawyers, regardless of practice…

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What Tech Tool Should I Use to Do That?

By Jim Calloway How do I do that? It is one of the challenges we all live with in today’s times. We need to do something with our technology, and we are aware that there are technology tools to do it. We just aren’t sure which of the many available tools is appropriate and how…

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Adopting Mobile Technology, What Does that Mean for Today’s Lawyers?

By Jim Calloway Two friends are having lunch. One is a former client. The other mentions a need to retain a lawyer. Your satisfied former client says that she used you and recommends you as a lawyer. Then she picks up her phone, does a quick search, locates your website and texts the site to…

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