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Attorneys discover a new type of pro bono in the air
A 44-year-old woman diagnosed with cervical cancer found an angel recently when she needed transportation. Solo practitioner Mike Stocker, a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight, a nonprofit organization that provides patients free transportation to medical facilities, flew his six-seater, twin-engine Beechcraft Baron to Stillwater to pick up the woman and her 17-year-old son and transported them to Houston.Lawyers Must Get Creative About Marketing
During a visit to the Interactive Advertising Bureau's recent Mixx 2.6 Conference & Expo in New York, attorney and writer Ari Kaplan learned that doing great work isn't enough. There are creative ways lawyers can practice and promote themselves. The message of event speakers like Miramax head Harvey Weinstein seemed clear: "To win, you have to get people to see your work." For law firms, that means adopting marketing tools such as blogging, podcasting and streaming video -- before it's too late.Higher Pay Urged for Texas Judges
Texas judges haven't gotten a raise since 2005, and they earn less than judges made in 1990 when considering inflation, says a recent report by the Judicial Compensation Commission. Judicial Compensation Commission member Pat Mizell notes that judges' compensation is "extraordinarily low" compared to the pay of private-sector lawyers.Number of Big-Firm Minority Lawyers in Austin Increases
Austin`s largest firms continued to show slight gains this year in the number of minority lawyers employed, leaders of two minority attorney groups say. Of the almost 1,200 attorneys employed by Austin`s 26 largest firms, 126 - or 10.6 percent - are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native-American, according to figures compiled by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association. That`s up from 9.8 percent in 2001, says ABLA vice president Brian Jammer, deputy general cBranding Hot in Texas: Managing Partner Survey Spots Trends in Lone Star State
While a relatively healthy local economy, driven by an energy boom, continues to attract firms to the state, firms are looking for ways to differentiate themselves in a crowded legal market. "As of late, we can barely keep track of the firms setting up outposts in Houston," says Douglas Atnipp of Greenberg Traurig.Corporate Transparency Act Resource Kit
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