Morgan & Morgan Billboard in Philadelphia I’ve seen city highways seemingly taken over by lawyers for a long time now. Throughout Nevada, Florida and Arizona, the interstates are littered with promises of fast cash, big cash, and cash in general. I could not begin to tell you which of those…
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ABA CLE: Advertising Regulations in the Age of Social Media Influencers, Dark Patterns and Consumer Reviews
Dunkin Donuts influencer Charli A few years ago, when my daughter insisted that she needed to try the Charli drink at Dunkin Donuts, I scoffed. Who is Charli? And what is that drink? Well, it turned out “Charli” was social media influencer Charli D’Amelio, with over 100 million TikTok followers,…
Upcoming CLE Webinar: Ethical Issues with Multi-Jurisdictional Lawyering – June 11, 2025
On June 11, 2025, I will be speaking again for the Attorney Protective CLE webinar series, on Brick and Mortar No More: Ethical Issues with Multi-Jurisdictional Lawyering. Last year, more than 2,000 attorneys attended my AttPro program focused on marketing ethics issues, so I’ll “run it back” to delve deeper…
ABA Law Practice Today — Attorney Professional Development Goals by Generation
Authoring this blog post after serving as an issue editor for the Professional Development edition (February 2025) of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today webzine, I suddenly was having a sense of déjà vu. Turns out I was the issue editor of LPT’s multigenerational and multicultural issues nearly 10…
ABA Law Practice Podcast — Marketing Strategies and Ethics for Law Practices
In the January 20, 2025, episode of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Podcast, host Terrell Turner discusses the complexities of legal marketing with me in this 30-minute discussion available on americanbar.org as well as in your favorite podcast library, including Spotify and Apple. Micah Buchdahl, who concentrates his practice…
LP Magazine — Lawyers Shopping for Lawyers
It would seem like a no-brainer. You or a family member, relative or friend needs a lawyer. Hey, I’m a lawyer. I know lots of lawyers. That should be easy. But in many cases, it is not. We know the practice areas we know. And in many cases, those are…
ABA Law Practice Today — For PA Lawyers, Remember Sexting is Sex; Texting can be Improper Solicitation
In once again serving as the issue editor for the Ethics-themed December 2024 edition of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today webzine, I contributed an article addressing recent changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct in Pennsylvania, and related ethics opinions, addressing texting in two different ways—ways where texting…
LP Magazine – Ethical Issues When Incorporating AI Into Law Firm Marketing
A few months ago, I was asked to provide the ethics attorney perspective for a Legal Marketing Association (LMA) program, AI for Communications and PR: What You Need to Know Now. At that point, I had not put a lot of thought into the ethical considerations. As with most business…
LP Magazine — TikTok Is Gospel to Generation Z
In recently reviewing a law advertising campaign, I found myself saying that we need to run this on TikTok. I looked at the matter and the target audience, and it seemed quite clear that this was the best way to engage. My growing fascination with one of the newer online…
LP Magazine — The Morgan & Morgan Effect
Phillies Scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park Sometimes the subject matter for my marketing column just hits me…like when I’m driving down I-95 in Philadelphia and see one law firm billboard after another, after another, after another. It’s the Morgan & Morgan Effect—and I write about it in the January/February 2024…