Attorney-client relationships aren't the only important ones in your professional life. Learn how to talk to your partners, associates and other lawyer-coworkers.

A career is a terrible thing to waste; but if you insist, here's how to do it.

Are you doing all you should to make sure confidential client information stays that way in your office?

Find out how a uniform and consistent document-retention policy can protect your clients.

Justice Felix Frankfurter once said in receiving an award: "Gratitude is one of the least articulate emotions, especially when it is deep.

Let's face it; sometimes you can't prevent fires, floods, violent attacks and the like from wreaking havoc in the workplace. But you can prepare for the worst.

Jane, Brian, Brent and Amanda; my wife and three children; my family. I have not mentioned them this year in my column.

When we were in law school we learned the basic principles of constitutional, criminal, contract, and tort law by studying opinions written in our state and federal reviewing courts.

Given that Illinois sole practitioners can't sell their practices, how can they prepare for death or retirement? This article discusses the problem and outlines a few steps solos can take on behalf of clients and family.

Eighty-eight lawyers from 37 counties met in the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield on January 4, 1877, to formalize the beginning of the Illinois State Bar Association.

Do you find yourself printing e-mail missives and saving the paper? Here's a better way to create an e-mail archive.

What is a lawyer's Himmel obligation to report other lawyers in his or her firm?

Don't underestimate the importance of interrogatories and other forms of written discovery as a way to glean information that can strengthen your case.

Don't let your brainchildren be like the proverbial cobbler's shoeless kids; lawyer, protect your IP rights.

Do you find yourself printing e-mail missives and saving the paper? Here's a better way to create an e-mail archive.

When I was growing up in Decatur, I had an image of lawyers that has shaped my view of our profession later in life.

A few years ago, as we finished closing arguments in a trial, my opposing counsel came over, shook my hand, and congratulated me on a job well done. I reciprocated with the same compliment.

Professor Ingram argues that attorneys, not clients, should be liable for the fees of third-party providers unless they expressly disclaim.

Don't let your brainchildren be like the proverbial cobbler's shoeless kids; lawyer, protect your IP rights.

That filing deadline looms and you can't find your client; now what do you do?

Aching to "do something"? Every small act of courtesy and civility helps in the wake of September 11.

Learn how to identify the prospective clients you should turn away.

In August we lost a legend in our profession. William G. Clark was a lawyer, a former legislator and legislative leader, a former two-term attorney general and a justice and chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Justice Clark's contributions to the legal profession and to all three branches of Illinois government are too numerous to mention.

What's in that name on your firm's letterhead? Trouble, if you don't mind your ps and qs.

The best motivator isn't money, it's recognition.