When Family Divorce Leads to Business Divorce
Attorneys should advise married business owners to prepare a management plan to ensure the business will continue to run smoothly in the event of a di... Read more
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What Do Judges Look for in Child Custody Cases? 5 Factors to Consider
Here are 5 key issues judges look for in child custody cases. Except when it is proven not to be in the child’s best interests, the court works with b... Read more
8 Digital Marketing Strategies that Grow Family Law Firms
Leverage the huge advancements in technology by employing one or more of the digital marketing strategies shared in this article. Read more
How to Deal With Difficult Clients and Cases: 10 Tips for Family Lawyers
Family lawyers are often faced with difficult clients or cases; try these techniques next time you have a client who's hard (or seems impossible!) to... Read more
Validation + Rationalization = Client-Centered Communication
Client-centered communication is a way to help difficult clients feel heard and understood, in hopes of making them collaborators in their legal proce... Read more
How Past Criminal Charges/Convictions Impact Divorce Cases
When your client goes through a divorce, courts will notice any past criminal charges/convictions. Their behavior in court and the specific kind of ch... Read more
WATCH: Kingwood, Texas Family Lawyer, Brian McNamara’s interview with Family Lawyer Magazine
Dan Couvrette, the Publisher of Family Lawyer Magazine interviewed Brian McNamara, a family lawyer who also offers pre and postnuptial agreements that... Read more
Will Twitter Fleets Be the Future of Legal Tweets?
Twitter Fleets is a new way to establish your law firm's brand on Twitter. A lot of eyes on Fleets could translate into a lot of eyes on your firm. Read more
Latest Blog Posts
The Tax Trap in Exactly Equal Parenting
If the parties have agreed to exactly equal parenting, and the lower-income parent pays the child care expense, neither parent would be eligible to cl... Read more
Right-Brain Lawyering: Attorneys and the Importance of Art
Why lawyers should spend a short period every day or a least every week engaged in imagination and understanding the importance of art. Read more
Family Lawyers, Implicit Bias, & Burnout: 5 Steps to Self-Discovery
Once you become aware of your implicit bias, you can decide to change. Until you're aware, you're like a puppet being controlled by your biases. Read more
2021 Tips: Child Support and the Child Tax Credit
The American Rescue Act introduced dramatic changes in the Child Tax Credit, the Child Care Credit, and the Earned Income Credit – but only for 2021. Read more
Website Best Practices for 2021 (& Beyond)
Does your site attract the right potential clients and offer them a great user experience, or is it “all sizzle, no steak”? Learn about website best p... Read more
4 Tech Tools for Marketing Your Family Law Practice in 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated the growth of online technologies; here are a few of our favorite new (or vastly improved) tech tools for family lawyers. Read more
Family Lawyer Magazine Latest Blog Posts
If the parties have agreed to exactly equal parenting, and the lower-income parent pays the child care expense, neither parent would be eligible to claim the child care credit. Can you avoid this tax trap? Read more
