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<title>Onshore Outsource Attorney</title><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index.html</link><description>Legal News and Law Office Management</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2012 Corinne A. Tampas</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-08-04T19:46:50-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Wed, 2 Jun 2010 13:40:47 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Who Do You Belong To&#x2c; Little Lady?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economics</category><category>Misogyny</category><category>Luddite</category><dc:date>2012-07-28T21:24:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/careful_who_you_call_dear.html#unique-entry-id-90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/careful_who_you_call_dear.html#unique-entry-id-90</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Granted, Clayton Yeutter was not the sharpest tool in the box, but when men (and some women) use condescending terminology like &ldquo;dear&rdquo; it has the tendency to really piss off a lot women who have worked hard all their lives to educate themselves and build a career. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Couple of White Chicks ...</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Atlanta</category><category>Heat Wave</category><dc:date>2012-07-01T18:26:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/girls_just_wanna_have_fun.html#unique-entry-id-87</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/girls_just_wanna_have_fun.html#unique-entry-id-87</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Have a Crush on El Presidente</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2012-06-09T23:42:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_marketing_and_branding.html#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_marketing_and_branding.html#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What I do know is that he is a software developer who makes applications for RapidWeaver themes (this blog was created using a RapidWeaver theme as a template) and he calls his business El Stacko. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ping My Blog ... </title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><dc:subject>The Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2010-10-10T21:38:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/do_not_poke_ping.html#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/do_not_poke_ping.html#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hypersmash.com">www.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Walk Like a Politician</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Karma</category><dc:date>2012-06-03T17:47:35-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/ruder_meaner_out-of-hand_blog_comments.html#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/ruder_meaner_out-of-hand_blog_comments.html#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And, I find it somewhat amusing that GOP operatives have never been able to produce that video they claimed they had in 2008 of Michelle Obama &ldquo;screaming her fool head off about &lsquo;whitey&rsquo;&rdquo; when today we are being bombarded by Donald Trump screaming his fool head off about Kenyan births. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Enduring the Humbling Experience of E-Discovery</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>e-Discovery</category><category>Litigation</category><dc:date>2012-05-27T18:47:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/enduring_ediscovery_litigation.html#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/enduring_ediscovery_litigation.html#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When I asked another recipient, also someone this young women met on a document review project, if she, too, was taken aback, she shrugged and said, &ldquo;well, now she can find out what it&rsquo;s like enduring the humbling experience of being an associate; been there, done that&rdquo;.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Your Cleanest Dirty Shirt</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>ADR</category><dc:date>2012-04-30T07:17:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/convincing_your_client_to_compromise.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/convincing_your_client_to_compromise.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[By convincing your client that s/he may have to wear the cleanest dirty shirt, i.e., that newly maligned word &ldquo;compromise&rdquo;, your client may not win everything, but will come out of the process with a shirt on his or her back. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Spectacularly Stupid Statements</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economy</category><dc:date>2011-08-13T22:47:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/make_your_opportunity_daily.html#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/make_your_opportunity_daily.html#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As this former insurance defense lawyer unloaded her fury at being let go from a job she had held for many years, she bellowed, &ldquo;remember when we were growing up and we were told that if you got a job with a big company that you were set for life until you retire?&rdquo;. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dear (Contact First Name)</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2011-08-13T22:46:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_marketing_and_addressing_an_audience.html#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_marketing_and_addressing_an_audience.html#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The bottom line is (I just started reusing that phrase from my 1970s B-school days), if you are going to market your services, whether it is an email blast or a face-to-face contact, get the person&rsquo;s name correct, or don&rsquo;t use a name at all. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>R-E-S-P-E-C-T&#x2c; Find Out What It Means To Me</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Politics</category><dc:date>2011-07-27T23:28:24-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/aretha_knows_the_secret_to_success.html#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/aretha_knows_the_secret_to_success.html#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[My grandfather, a barber, worked six days a week, twelve hours a day, for fifty years; I understood that they had earned the right to live a structured life even though I wanted to wear flowers in my hair.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When Your Hired Gun Refuses to Lock and Reload</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>ADR</category><dc:date>2011-07-09T16:42:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_duty_to_solve_legal_problems.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lawyer_duty_to_solve_legal_problems.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not only did I not take the bait, but I realized he did not know the answer to my request as the only attorneys on the list were in-house counsel for the client. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wanted: Retired Attorney With Low Expectations</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economy</category><dc:date>2011-07-04T12:45:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/opportunity_for_lawyers.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/opportunity_for_lawyers.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[South Africa is giving India a run for its money in LPO, Ecuador completed an oil deal last week with China, Panamanian attorneys recently negotiated a joint venture to develop hydrokinetic water projects in West Africa, and French companies are designing water and sewage systems around the world, including the United States. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Have Laptop&#x2c; Will Travel</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Law Practice</category><dc:date>2011-06-04T17:25:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/the_practice_of_law_has_never_been_easy.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/the_practice_of_law_has_never_been_easy.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Frankly, I do not see a great deal of difference in their type of practice from those trying to build a solo law practice today, except it is probably easier today since the solo can work from home and meet a client at shared office space or virtually over the Internet. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Nickel-and-Diming Clients Is Dumb</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Law Practice</category><dc:date>2011-05-16T17:29:30-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/jacking_up_attorneys_fees_is_dumb.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/jacking_up_attorneys_fees_is_dumb.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And invariably, after requesting why the file was reviewed, I would find that this attorney had not received any correspondence or telephone calls from opposing counsel, but that it was just &ldquo;good practice&rdquo; to review a dead file once in a while. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Not So Fast On Those Atlanta Crime Statistics</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Crimes</category><dc:date>2011-04-11T00:50:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/atlanta_police_refusal_to_report_crime_skews_statistics.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/atlanta_police_refusal_to_report_crime_skews_statistics.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I do not know if I like Atlanta or not since all that I have done while here is work, witness a horrible accident in which a pedestrian was hit in a crosswalk, and had my car&rsquo;s catalytic converter stolen in the middle of the day in a public parking lot located on a busy corner in a business district. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lexis Shoots Itself In the Foot</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2011-04-05T00:48:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lexis_strong_arms_small_law_firms.html#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/lexis_strong_arms_small_law_firms.html#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What this means is that small firms that do not have a need for an online legal information retrieval subscription, but wish to purchase a pass for a finite amount of time are out of luck when it comes to Lexis.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Remember When The Tax Code Was Simplified?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>e-Discovery</category><dc:date>2011-03-05T17:13:56-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/document_review_lawyers_need_to_keep_their_powder_dry.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/document_review_lawyers_need_to_keep_their_powder_dry.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Aside from the fact that the attorneys this software seeks to replace do not work for pricey law firms, but rather work for agencies as &ldquo;contract&rdquo; attorneys, there is no evidence to support whether this software cost savings will be passed on to the client. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Can&#x27;t Give It Away For Free</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Pro Bono</category><dc:date>2011-03-04T20:31:19-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/pro_bono_is_not_firm_advertising.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/pro_bono_is_not_firm_advertising.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, the bottom line was this new director told me to leave my resume with the doorman and then she would make a determination as to whether I was &ldquo;qualified&rdquo; to do pro bono work. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>You Be the Judge&#x2c; Rate Your Law Practice</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Law Practice</category><dc:date>2011-02-20T17:27:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/outsourcing_will_help_you_grow_your_practice.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/outsourcing_will_help_you_grow_your_practice.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That amazing duo, Carolyn Elefant of My Shingle and Lisa Solomon of Legal Research and Writing Pro, have co-authored a lawyer self-assessment, Should You Outsource to a Contract Lawyer? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Anger the Drug of Choice&#x2c; or Merely a Red Herring?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Globalization</category><dc:date>2011-01-25T17:47:01-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/we_are_our_own_worse_enemy_when_we_bicker.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/we_are_our_own_worse_enemy_when_we_bicker.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What we have heard over and over again in this Great Recession is that globalization is the enemy, the Chinese monetary system is the enemy, and cheap labor outside our borders is the enemy. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When One Party Fritters Away Tax Dollars</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Taxes</category><dc:date>2011-01-19T19:18:02-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/first_three_weeks_gop_fritters_away_tax_dollars.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/first_three_weeks_gop_fritters_away_tax_dollars.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So why has this GOP lead House of Representatives decided to fritter away more than $3 million dollars its first three weeks on political stunts and symbolism? 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Announcement: Now On CDRS Panel</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>ADR</category><dc:date>2011-01-19T05:32:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/panel_construction_dispute_resolution_services.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/panel_construction_dispute_resolution_services.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I will be writing about this more later as well as my opinion about the future of alternative dispute resolution services in light of severe budget cuts to both state and federal courts.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Modifying the Course&#x2c; But Not the Destination</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>ADR</category><dc:date>2011-01-17T01:41:32-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/alternative_dispute_resolution_construction_disputes_homeowners_associations_commercial_properties.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/alternative_dispute_resolution_construction_disputes_homeowners_associations_commercial_properties.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For certain, the structures that I was a part in the making were not on the scale of the Hoover Dam, but they were well built and good looking.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Federal Judicial Vacancies At Emergency Levels</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Judiciary</category><dc:date>2011-01-15T16:23:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/federal_filings_create_judicial_emergency.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/federal_filings_create_judicial_emergency.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a tsunami of federal criminal cases pending which many federal district courts find difficult at best, and at times impossible, to manage. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Clients Waiting On Your Doorstep</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2011-01-15T12:38:55-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/rural_areas_are_underserved_by_the_legal_community.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/rural_areas_are_underserved_by_the_legal_community.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[How would you like start the first day of your new solo practice with prospective clients waiting for you to open your doors? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>They All Ask&#x2c; &#x22;What&#x27;s Your Authority?&#x22; Anyway</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2011-01-15T06:12:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/backing_up_legal_arguments_with_authority.html#unique-entry-id-50</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/backing_up_legal_arguments_with_authority.html#unique-entry-id-50</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, a student had a gut reaction as to whether a criminal defendant had any mitigating circumstances which would not make him or her guilty of first degree murder, or whatever the hypothetical prescribed, but applying the case law to that gut reaction was not easy for first year law students. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Food For Thought</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Judiciary</category><dc:date>2011-01-01T13:39:38-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/federal_judicial_vacancies_is_a_serious_matter.html#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/federal_judicial_vacancies_is_a_serious_matter.html#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[On a more serious note, I posted about vacancies on the federal bench on another blog. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Is There An Ethical Obligation Here?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-12-29T20:35:45-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/is_it_legal_malpractice_not_to_participate_in_social_media.html#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/is_it_legal_malpractice_not_to_participate_in_social_media.html#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was her reasoning that reading journals and such was very good to keep up on black letter law, but you would never know what was making the tax profession tick without a little face-to-face networking.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Be Kind to One Another in the New Year&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-12-29T01:32:31-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/a_happy_healthy_prosperous_new_year.html#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/a_happy_healthy_prosperous_new_year.html#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While everyone digs out of the snow &mdash; I absolutely had to go to the grocery store this afternoon and an incredibly nice man shoveled the snow away from my car for me so I could get out of my parking spot! &mdash; I want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What Goes &#x27;Round&#x2c; Comes &#x27;Round</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Karma</category><dc:date>2010-12-18T20:58:59-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/paying_it_forward_has_psychic_rewards.html#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/paying_it_forward_has_psychic_rewards.html#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So when an attorney that I had worked for on the Left Coast got into a jam after taking on a case where the client was &ldquo;slow&rdquo; pay, I thought about what others had done, and were doing, for me. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Comments Are Working Again&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-12-15T01:01:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/wibiya_will_not_work_with_rapidweaver_contact_form.html#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/wibiya_will_not_work_with_rapidweaver_contact_form.html#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As soon as I finish posting, I am going to send an email to Wibiya to tell them that my relationship with its tech support has run its course.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Get Lean and Mean&#x2c; Dump Your Boss</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2010-12-13T17:26:17-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/go_solo_start_making_money_now.html#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/go_solo_start_making_money_now.html#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are lots of resources listed in the book that will tell you how to get your name out there for free, &ldquo;free&rdquo; being one of my favorite words. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Reader Writes</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economics</category><dc:date>2010-12-07T23:39:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/blue_states_pay_more_taxes_per_capita_than_red_states.html#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/blue_states_pay_more_taxes_per_capita_than_red_states.html#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When you compare that to, say, Sarah &ldquo;Thanks But No Thanks&rdquo; Palin&rsquo;s Alaska, which paid only $5,434 per capita in federal taxes that same year, yet received a whooping $13,950 per capita of benefits from the federal government in return, it does not seem fair. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Show Me the Money&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economy</category><dc:date>2010-12-05T22:55:26-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/CEOs_and_bankers_sit_on_the_sidelines_while_mainstreet_suffers.html#unique-entry-id-42</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/CEOs_and_bankers_sit_on_the_sidelines_while_mainstreet_suffers.html#unique-entry-id-42</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Perhaps these Wall Street types are more thin skinned than I realize; President Obama hurt their feelings and like Newt Gingrich in a hissy fit because he did not have a seat in the front of Air Force One brought the government to a standstill, these CEOs do not care who gets hurt. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Hub - Collaborative Office Space</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-11-27T22:23:32-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/the_hub_a_working_concept.html#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/the_hub_a_working_concept.html#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Collaborative office space, co-working accommodations, or a place for freelance professionals, not-for-profit and for-profit businesses and startups can hang &mdash; It&rsquo;s called The Hub and there are at least twenty-five of them around the world.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Internet Ambulance Chasers</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-11-26T20:07:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/driving_while_distracted.html#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/driving_while_distracted.html#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Aside from the fact that this is just plain tasteless insofar as it employs a family&rsquo;s tragedy to drum up business, it is no different than that old fashioned ambulance chasing lawyer of bygone days. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Business of Lawyers</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-11-25T15:24:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/business_of_lawyers_is_to_solve_problems.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/business_of_lawyers_is_to_solve_problems.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The bottom line is that lawyers are not in business because of the process (and the very reason that Legal Process Outsourcing, or &ldquo;LPOs&rdquo;, will never compete with good lawyering), lawyers are in the problem solving business.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What Were They Thinking?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Crimes</category><dc:date>2010-11-20T16:59:43-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/practicing_medicine_without_license.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/practicing_medicine_without_license.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now, it seems a person (the gender is in dispute) has been arrested for impersonating a doctor and giving breast exams to women in bars in Boise, Idaho. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Girls Just Wanna Have Fun&#x21; (Guys&#x2c; Too&#x21;)</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-11-11T18:01:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/body_language_as_a_lawyer_tool.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/body_language_as_a_lawyer_tool.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For example, did you know there is such a thing as the &ldquo;Belly Button Rule&rdquo; which demonstrates the listener&rsquo;s interest by the position of the person&rsquo;s belly button in relation to the speaker? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New&#x21; Media Blog for WYA</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-11-09T13:16:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/more_definitive_statement.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/more_definitive_statement.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently launched another blog site which is really just a landing site for all my digital media. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Do Anti-Smoking Laws Really Curb Smoking?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-11-08T16:49:06-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/multiunit_anti-smoking_housing_laws.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/multiunit_anti-smoking_housing_laws.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the Fall 2010 issue of WYA&rsquo;s newsletter, A More Definitive Statement, I wrote about California municipalities which have adopted smoke-free multiunit housing laws. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Wells Fargo Repossesses Auto Without Title</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Repossessions</category><dc:date>2010-11-04T23:18:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/wells_fargo_repossesses_auto_without_title.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/wells_fargo_repossesses_auto_without_title.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was not until the homeowner contacted the local news media did Bank of America respond to the homeowner&rsquo;s inquiries. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dropping the M-Bomb Is for Losers</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Politics</category><dc:date>2010-11-04T20:19:28-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/m-bomb_is_for_losers.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/m-bomb_is_for_losers.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s that bitchy little phrase in which a pol chides an opponent to &ldquo;man up&rdquo;, &ldquo;put on your man pants&rdquo;, or simply comes right out and says that a man lacks &ldquo;cajones&rdquo;. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Castration&#x2c; Emasculation and Misguided &#x22;Feminists&#x22;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Affirmative Action</category><dc:date>2010-10-17T19:11:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/man_pants_not_needed.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/man_pants_not_needed.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I am speaking of Sarah &ldquo;cajones&rdquo; Palin, aka Sarah &ldquo;impotent, limp, lame-stream media&rdquo; Palin, when referring to President Obama and the news media; Christine &ldquo;this is not a bake sale, put on your man pants&rdquo; O&rsquo;Donnell when referring to her primary opponent, Mike Castle; and, Sharron &ldquo;man up&rdquo; Angle, when debating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Foreclosure Fraud In Four Part Dissonance</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Foreclosure</category><dc:date>2010-10-11T20:41:40-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/foreclosure_fraud_for_dummies.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/foreclosure_fraud_for_dummies.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Aptly titled &ldquo;Foreclosure Fraud For Dummies&rdquo;, this series is must read reading for any attorney involved with consumer law, real property and securities regardless of his or her sophistication. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mamas&#x2c; Don&#x27;t Let Your Little Bully Grow Up To Be ....</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Law Practice</category><dc:date>2010-10-11T19:50:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/bullies_in_the_workplace.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/bullies_in_the_workplace.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I say she was &ldquo;seemingly obsessed&rdquo; with this senior partner because her rhetoric was merely a pretext to make her targets, lower level women attorneys, uncomfortable as a potential object of the senior partner&rsquo;s desire.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bidding Adieu to Duke City</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-10-11T02:32:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/leaving_albuquerque_for_philadelphia.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/leaving_albuquerque_for_philadelphia.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here are some thoughts about Duke City (the moniker derived from Viceroy Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, the Duke of Alburquerque, for whom Albuquerque was named, the &ldquo;r&rdquo; being dropped because an influential person could not pronounce the name with it):
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Am Woman&#x2c; Hear Me Roar</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-10-03T22:38:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/moving_back_to_philadelphia.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/moving_back_to_philadelphia.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some thought it was the anthem of the Women&rsquo;s Movement; others, like myself, thought it was just a song with a catchy tune. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bank of America Forecloses Without Mortgage</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Mortgages</category><dc:date>2010-09-26T22:06:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/bank_forecloses_on_home_without_mortgage.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/bank_forecloses_on_home_without_mortgage.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Grodensky contacted the local news media, he could not even get a response from Bank of America, the law firm which handled the foreclosure, Florida Default Law Group, or the title insurance company, let alone any answers as to how this could happen.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Attorneys Should Try To Be Jurors At Least Once</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Litigation</category><dc:date>2010-09-24T22:25:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/attorneys_should_try_to_be_jurors.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/attorneys_should_try_to_be_jurors.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Nonetheless, after sitting through hours of voir dire (I had the feeling that my questionnaire had been placed at the bottom of the pile and I would only be picked if every potential juror in the entire County of Santa Barbara was excused), I learned a lot from watching the process. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It&#x27;s Here&#x21; The Newsletter&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Lawyer Marketing</category><dc:date>2010-09-23T13:43:39-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/fall_2010_newsletter.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/fall_2010_newsletter.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Packed with feature stories, the format is in a beautiful digital edition known as a flip-page format. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>You Don&#x27;t Need A Lawyer&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Economy</category><dc:date>2010-09-22T17:30:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/being_your-own_lawyer.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/being_your-own_lawyer.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Frankly, I don&rsquo;t think that a lawyer should be consulted for every little problem, and as an attorney who recently got religion so to speak when it comes to alternative dispute resolution, I think anytime parties can resolve problems in a civilized manner, the better. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Not Part of the Solution? You&#x27;re Part of the Problem</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-09-19T00:17:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/be_very_afraid.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/be_very_afraid.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look, I&rsquo;m just as disgusted as the next guy with what is going on in Washington, D.C., but I refuse to be so angry that I cannot think straight. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>How Was Your Constitution Day?</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Constitution</category><dc:date>2010-09-19T00:13:20-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/are_you_like_a_founding_father.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/are_you_like_a_founding_father.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And, in case you ever wondered if you had it in you to be one of our Founding Fathers, the National Constitution Center has a nifty little quiz. .... ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Unbundle Those Subscriptions&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Technology</category><dc:date>2010-09-18T21:40:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/unbundle_legal_information.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/unbundle_legal_information.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Unless you are writing a treatise on, say, International Taxation, maybe you should unbundle all those subscriptions and eliminate the filler. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Building Consensus the Mummers Way</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>ADR</category><dc:date>2010-09-14T18:08:27-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/mediation_public_dispute.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/mediation_public_dispute.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Mummers Parade, which has been an event since President George Washington was housed in the first White House (located in Philadelphia at the time), is now more than a tradition, it is part of that city&rsquo;s DNA.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This Friday Is Constitution Day</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Constitution</category><dc:date>2010-09-13T00:39:47-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/constitution_day.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/constitution_day.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With all the emotional turmoil we as Americans seem determined to inflict upon ourselves, this should be the year we truly take note of the United States Constitution and what it really means to each and every one of us regardless of race, ethnic origin, religion or gender. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Greetings&#x21; And&#x2c; Welcome&#x21;</title><dc:creator>media@tampasbytes</dc:creator><category>Changes</category><dc:date>2010-09-12T23:48:22-04:00</dc:date><link>http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/new_onshore_outsource_attorney_blog.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.legalwordsmith.com/index_files/new_onshore_outsource_attorney_blog.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I would be remiss if I did not thank my online buddy, Chuck Newton, for telling me to get on this, and Henk Vrieselaar, the designer of the template to this blog. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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