Last year, we volunteered at the Food Bank with a group of attorneys and related persons, as part of the Fresno County Young Lawyers Association. It was a fun and rewarding experience.
We were looking forward to volunteering again this year, but…
The Patch
May 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
Anyone who has ridden motorcycles, or even observed many motorcyclists, knows that many of us love to festoon our riding vests — and, although less so, our jackets as well — with patches.
For motorcycle clubs (M.C.s, or MCs), the patches on the back are a huge part of their identity and their lives.
Recently, I’ve been going on “poker runs” and other charity-oriented rides, particularly (but not exclusively) those that support veterans. When people find out that I’m a defense attorney, they ask for my cards. So I thought, since being a defense attorney has become a big part of my identity, why not create a patch?
Creating and wearing the “right” kind of patch would help ensure that more MC members realize what I do for a living when I’m on a run, potentially increasing the number of people who request my card and subsequently hire me.
Plus I happen to think well-designed patches are cool. So I decided to design some art for my own back that would advertise my pride in being a lawyer who rides and also help me advertise my practice.
There’s a rule (or two, or more) for that.
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The Surefire Sales Pitch
April 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
Every day — and I mean every day! — I am contacted by Internet sales gurus. I kid you not: they’re more prolific than cockroaches and harder to stop. Whoever thinks cockroaches will be the only things left after some hypothetical atomic war destroys the earth — please send me your formula for avoiding Internet sales gurus.
On the other hand, sometimes their “sales acumen” can brighten a rainy, dreary, otherwise-uneventful day; other times, they just remind me why so many of us think of them as cockroaches.
