If you’ve been following along here at Zen for any length of time (or even just the last few weeks), then you’ll know that I love September and the promise of a fresh start that it brings (also because the fall is my favorite season).

A LOT of us have been feeling bogged down lately – by the pandemic, endless Zoom calls, heat and humidity, worldwide unrest, the list goes on. There is a lot that we CAN’T control. But there are some things we can control – for one, our attitudes and our ability to reach out and help someone else. Continue Reading Fresh New Ideas for September That We Love (And You Will Too!)

In just over a week, it will be September 1st. As I mentioned last week, I like to think of September as a brand new start, much like the school year used to be. It’s a chance to begin again and look at your goals and plans with a fresh set of eyes.

While business development is an ongoing effort and doesn’t wrap up simply because the calendar year comes to a close, I’ve found that when I have ongoing projects, giving myself firm deadlines to complete them motivates me far more than having some abstract end date. Continue Reading 4 Weeks to Plan Your 4th Quarter Business Development Victory

Join us for our latest episode of the Law Firm ILN-telligence podcast!

Kriton Metaxopoulos is the managing partner of A. & K. Metaxopoulos and Partners Law Firm, a boutique law firm in Athens, Greece, and a member of the International Lawyers Network. In this episode, Lindsay and Kriton look at the fast-paced changes in the legal market, the unique culture of his female-dominated firm, and what we have to try to hold onto for the future.

The other day, I saw that someone said that August feels like the Sunday of the year. This feels really true. And bearing that in mind, it can be a good time to use this “Sunday” to prepare for the remaining months of the year – if you’re a preparer-type. With just about two weeks left in the month and a lot of clients and colleagues out on vacation, you may want to take a look around your physical or home office and identify what is working well or where the challenges are, in three different areas, to set yourself up for a successful September. Continue Reading 3 Key Things to Tackle This August for September Success

The ILN is proud to announce our latest firm of the month, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC, Pennsylvania!
Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC (RCCB) is a full-service boutique law firm with offices in Philadelphia, New York, and Conshohocken, PA, with more than 50 lawyers. Founded in 2012, the firm has become one of the fastest-growing law firms in the region. At RCCB, they do business differently. From the collective ambition that drives their entrepreneurial spirit to their dedication to family, community, camaraderie, and for the values that bring deeper meaning into focus. They are a team that combines sophisticated legal counseling with the type of sound, practical judgment that comes from hands-on business experience. They are lawyers who think like business people, and they know from practical experience what it takes to make things happen in the real world—it takes a sophisticated level of understanding that can only come from having been there themselves.

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Join us for our latest episode of the Law Firm ILN-telligence podcast!

Gil Rosen is a partner with Joseph Shem Tov & Co., a business law firm located in Ramat Gan next to the Tel Aviv stock and diamond exchanges and a member of the International Lawyers Network. In this episode, Lindsay and Gil discuss Israel’s pioneering of the COVID-19 vaccines and what’s happening now, the way that technology has changed the way we network and travel, and the most important quality for everyone to have moving forward.

Raise your hand if you’re burned out, frustrated, tired, over it.

I’m guessing that’s pretty much everyone, right?

What I’ve been hearing from all of my lawyers is that they just have time for their clients, and that’s about it. They’re not really able to find the energy to build new business. I get it. Continue Reading Hot Tip for Refreshing Your Networking This Month

Here we are, seventeen months (for most of us) into the pandemic and one of the best metaphors I read for this a few months ago was that we may all be in the same sea, but we’re all in different boats. Some people are living in countries where lockdowns are strict and occur for very few cases, but when they lift there are no masks and no restrictions. Some people have never really seen a lockdown lift at all, and life is very much limited to their homes and the people in it. Some people are back to wearing masks, while others never stopped wearing them. Continue Reading Time for a Mental Health Check-in

Are we STILL talking about change??

Yes, we are. And for two reasons – first, we’re really still in a global pandemic (the CDC is just about to recommend that vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors again if some of us have even stopped) and second, we all know the joke that the only constants are death and taxes, but truthfully, the only constants are death, taxes, and change.

So, here we are.

We’ve tackled a lot about how to address change within your firms, but the one thing we haven’t looked at closely is what to do once you’re deep into it – which may be where firms are if they’re committed to sticking with moving to remote work.

How do we create lasting change in our firms? Continue Reading How to Create Lasting Change in Your Law Firm

The ILN is proud to announce our latest firm of the month, Wolpert Rechtsanwälte, Germany!
Due to the increased internationalization and specialization of Law Marga Wolpert-Witzel (active in the ILN since 1995) in 2008 decided to leave a big supra-regional law firm to dedicate herself and her team to legal advice and representation services in specialized fields. Their emphasis is on the areas of Intellectual Property (trademarks, design, patent, utility model), including Copyright and Unfair Competition Law as well as Contract Law (draft/revision of distribution-, license-, cooperation- and research and development contracts (R&D) – always with a focus on the EU Antitrust requirements.

Continue Reading ILN Firm of the Month – Wolpert Rechtsanwälte, Germany!