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My Holiday Mice

Posted by on Dec 16, 2014 in Featured Posts, How We Help | 0 comments
Last year, a good friend had a holiday party. And the highlight for me was a special confection:  little chocolate mice made from a maraschino cherry dipped in chocolate and attached to a Hershey’s Kiss. The cherry stem makes a tail and the point of the Kiss makes a mouse snout, with sliced almonds for...
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Delegating on a Deadline: Opposing Motions to Dismiss

Posted by on Dec 2, 2014 in Featured Posts, How We Help | 0 comments
One of my last posts considered a defendant making a motion to dismiss; now let’s consider the plaintiff who is facing one. Even after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the Rule 8 pleading standard favors plaintiffs. There are no “magic words” for pleading...
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Brain Science, Mark Twain and Proofreading: Why a Freelancer Will Help

Posted by on Nov 18, 2014 in Featured Posts, How We Help | 0 comments
Why do we keep missing things when we proofread our own work? And what can we do about that? The answers lie in brain science. The brain operates at two levels: a conscious, more careful mode, and an unconscious, instinctive level. That unconscious level processes outside conscious awareness. To prevent...
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Freelance Attorneys Learn to Blog Better with Cari Twitchell

Posted by on Nov 4, 2014 in Featured Posts, News and Events | 0 comments
Do you like our blog?  Well, it’s about to get even better—thanks to Cari Twitchell, a writer, editor and law-trained content-marketing strategist. Cari joined us for lunch to share her tips and tricks, based on years of writing content.  Her presentation covered blogging basics:  getting started, choosing...
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Book Review: The Freelancer’s Bible

Posted by on Oct 21, 2014 in Featured Posts, Freelance Basics | 0 comments
When I first started my freelance law practice, a friend told me about the Freelancers Union. Founded by Sara Horowitz (now a MacArthur Fellow), the nonprofit Freelancers Union provides information, contract forms, and an online community for freelancers throughout the United States. They even provided...
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Tales from the Trenches: A Brief Interview with MFAN Co-founder Emerald Gratz

Posted by on Sep 23, 2014 in Featured Posts, News and Events | 1 comment
One of MFAN’s founders, Emerald Gratz, recently took a job with the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. We will miss her, and wanted to share her parting thoughts on freelancing with our readers. The interview has been modified for clarity.   MFAN: Congratulations! We’re glad...
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