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Modern solo practice: Notes from 25 years
A quarter-century of solo and small-firm practice, and the lessons that survived every change in the tooling.
Overview
Twenty-five years in, the tools have changed more than the work has. The fundamentals of solo practice — judgment, diligence, the relationship with a client who is trusting you with something that matters — look much as they did. What's changed is how much of the day the surrounding machinery consumes, and how much leverage the right machinery can give back.
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