Articles tagged with 'LPMDocs' | The Missouri Bar

Danielle DavisRoe, Affinity ConsultingWhen was the last time you thought about what font to use in a document? Unfortunately, most legal document formatting occurs “the way it has always been done.” Further, many lawyers mistakenly believe they are r...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, senior consultant at Affinity Consulting Group LLCCollaboration happens in two forms: asynchronous and real-time. We generally prefer asynchronous communication – text messages, emails, and voicemails – over real-time communi...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger and Michelle Willete, Affinity Consulting Many would argue video conferencing shone the brightest over the last year in terms of legal technologies, allowing lawyers to hold client meetings, make court appearances, and even at...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, Affinity Consulting For solo lawyers or solo law firms with small support staffs, the “big boys” of legal document management systems, like NetDocuments, Worldox, or iManage, are overkill for your needs and possibly cost-proh...

By: Paul Unger and Jeffrey SchoenbergerThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of mobility and the ability to work from anywhere. Before the pandemic, when we presented on "mobile lawyering" topics, we would spend 20% of the presentation pre...

Sigma Financial Corp. v. Gotham Insurance Co. was an insurance coverage and professional negligence suit in federal district court.2 During pretrial proceedings, Judge Andrew J. Guilford granted plaintiff Sigma’s motion for leave to file an amended c...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, Affinity Consulting As a legal professional, you have encountered your fair share of PDF files and assumably created more than a few. Even in our personal lives, PDFs are ubiquitous: appliance instruction manuals, new car bro...

A few years ago, I spoke about legal writing at an annual forum of Missouri’s appellate judges, held at the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia. The hour-long presentation advanced eight strategies that enable judges and practicing lawye...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger The lawyers I know like to read and write. The profession attracts folks who like researching and writing, hence the outsized number of humanities majors in our ranks. One of my favorite quotes is the apocryphal Mark Twain quo...

By Jeffrey Schoenberger, Affinity Consulting Have you tried to compare products or services slightly off the beaten consumer path? Or well-known products for a non-marquee feature? Despite that product’s market being worth tens to hundreds of million...