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MFAN Members Present at Minnesota CLE

Posted by on Mar 27, 2014 in Featured Posts, News and Events | 0 comments
At an all-day Minnesota CLE seminar entitled “Starting Your Own Solo or Small Firm” on March 19, 2014, MFAN members Emerald Gratz and Karin Ciano presented a 45-minute breakout session about freelance attorneys. The session, titled “Working as (or Hiring) a Freelance Attorney,” was a panel presentation in...
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Discovery: How a Freelance Attorney Can Help

Posted by on Mar 7, 2014 in Featured Posts, How We Help | 0 comments
Litigation deadlines can be burdensome, time-consuming, and sometimes completely overwhelming, especially during the discovery stage. Whether working on one massive case or juggling several cases at once, discovery demands endless hours. Attorneys need to review documents; prepare for depositions and then...
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A Resource for Lawyers in Crisis

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Featured Posts, Freelance Basics | 0 comments
At our last meeting, MFAN welcomed Joan Bibelhausen, director of Minnesota’s Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL), to speak with us about resources for lawyers in crisis. Founded in 1976, LCL provides confidential support to law students, attorneys, and judges who are experiencing mental health, addiction,...
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For the Love of Emergency

Posted by on Feb 18, 2014 in Featured Posts, Freelance Basics | 1 comment
What I do as a Freelance Attorney and Why As a freelancer, my job is to put out fires. No, I don’t run into burning buildings and save lives; but I do step into a crisis and resolve it, quickly. Most of my projects arise from complex cases at a watershed: probable cause challenges in criminal cases, summary...
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Legal Research: How a Freelancer Can Help

Posted by on Feb 12, 2014 in Featured Posts, How We Help | 2 comments
Some areas of law you know cold. But sometimes your work takes you into entirely new legal territory. And sometimes the legal lay of the land is familiar, but the cubby hole of it at issue is not. Should you do the legal research required yourself? It often makes more sense to outsource it to a freelancer....
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Delegating a Project to a Freelancer

Posted by on Feb 10, 2014 in Featured Posts, Freelance Basics | 0 comments
Attorneys, let’s just say you have too many projects on your desk. Having work is good; being overwhelmed is not. A freelance attorney can help. If this is the first time you have considered hiring a freelancer, it doesn’t take long to learn about the insurance, billing and ethical...
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