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Be very aware of your background i.e. don't
sit with the sun behind you, etc.
- Susan Levy Eisenberg,
Susan Eisenberg Law
Office 365
- Marshal H. Davis, Davis Law
Needles, our case management software.
- Adam D. Flager, Flager & Associates, PC
Moving to the Cloud, e.g. Dropbox,
OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.
- J. Todd Savarese, Savarese Law Office
Flexibility and video conferencing.
- Hilary M. Froehlich Kolb, Law Offices of
Hubshman, Flood, Dorn, Kolb & Schweikert
Remote access software that has allowed
me access to my server (in our case it's
called splashtop).
- Laura Mercuri
A remote connection to my office computer
- Dianne C. Magee,
Grim, Biehn, and Thatcher
The Power of Going Paperless
Coming from a completely virtual and
paperless law firm, here are some less
obvious and less common, but useful,
technology for practitioners and law firms
interested in moving forward towards a
more virtual and paperless practice.
ς Zipwhip (for texting clients) - email
replaced regular mail for communicating
with clients and now more and more, clients
aren't checking email but prefer texting.
ς Voice over IP Phone systems (i.e. Jabber)
ς Electronic faxing capabilities (for those
stubborn opposing counsel or courts that
still don't email)
ς File sharing software
(Dropbox, Box, SecureIt)
ς Docusign (for e-signatures) - caution
you to know the rules of your county
before dismissing all together the practice
of obtaining actual signatures and/or
discarding them without being sure of
each county's retention requirements -
Berks e-copy is as good as gold; not the
case in Philly or Bucks
ς PDF editor such as Adobe Pro/Foxit
(much more affordable than Adobe
Pro with most of the functionality for
organizing and bookmarking discovery/
medical records)
- Carolyn M. Angelaccio,
Managing Attorney of the
Law Offices of Carolyn M. Angelaccio
Home work space, boundaries, and wellness
Boundaries
The best advice that I received is that I
need to set a definite stop time each day.
- Kathleen M. Thomas,
High Swartz Attorneys at Law
Martini at 6pm
- Sara Webster, Webster Law
A lock on my man cave door.
- Rich Moore
Have a schedule!
- Arlene Simolike, Metka Law
I was already fully online when COVID
started. Nevertheless, my approach with
Clients was to personally explain the
advantages, namely, that he/she could
still access me directly via email, text,
phone and now, via Zoom and similar
platforms. In fact, they could send me
their questions at any time, but making
clear that I would only respond during
regular business hours, unless I made
other arrangements. I also mentioned
the advantage of such communication
methods, as they did not need to leave
work or leave children unattended
whenever we needed to communicate.
- María Judith Rodríguez-Martyak,
Law Office of Maria Judith RodriguezMartyak
and of Counsel to
Repko Law, LLC
Wellness
My John Deere tractor - 9RX quad
track crop monster. - Tyler Tomlinson,
Shareholder at Stark & Stark
Bathrobe! - Allen W. Toadvine,
Begley, Carlin, & Mandio, LLP
A lock on my fridge! - Anonymous
Other advice
Keep your business hours the same.
Get up, get showered, dressed and be
in your home office at the same time
you would have been when you had
to go to concrete office. You have to
keep to the routine or your days keep
getting shorter. Of course unless your
home is empty from 9 to 5 which is
most often not the case, you simply
stop and do what you have to do with
kids, lunch, etc.
It's discipline. I ran my office from my
home for years and I was at my desk at
9:00 in a suit. Very few lawyers have the
discipline to do that which is why having
an outside office is essential for most.
Depends upon the type of practice you
have. Mine required a human coming to
my office once or twice a week.
Hope this helps.
- Thomas Hora
Some firms haven't closed at all or are returning
more and more to their buildings
I haven't worked from home. - Denis W. Lanctot, Jackson, Cook, Caracappa & Scott, P.C.
My car. I simply cannot work from home and need to go to the office.
- Jenifer Kaufman, Kaufman Workers Comp
The best thing about working from home is that it made me realize I shouldn't be
working from home. I'm glad to be back in the Office - Kevin Hand, KRH Law
We don't work from home - Steven A. Cotlar, Esq.
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