Tag Archives: Attorney

The Weeks Top Articles From Hallmark Abstract Service…

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These are the weeks most popular articles at the Hallmark Abstract Service website… Important Notifications! Website Security: To alleviate security concerns for clients and visitors to the Hallmark Abstract Service website, please note that our URL is now https:// and no longer http://. Golf, Networking, Philanthropy and Business Development: Registration for the June 15, 2017 […]

New York Law Journal Reader Rankings And Hallmark Abstract Service

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We are extremely happy to announce that Hallmark Abstract Service is once again nominated in the New York Law Journal Reader Rankings for the category, Best Title Agency! If you are a lawyer (regardless of specialty or location), part of legal support staff or some other type of legal industry personnel, you are eligible to vote. Naturally, Hallmark Abstract Service […]

Technology: Bringing Attorney’s Into The 21st Century!

Why do some attorney’s have an aversion to bringing their firms technology into the 21st century? For example how many law firms, whether solo practices or slightly larger, can’t be located online through a company website? And how many attorney email addresses still end in aol.com? Amazingly the answer is more than you can imagine! The following […]

Overcoming Performance Anxiety!

We’ve all been there…Big closing, critical presentation, important interview or maybe you’re starting a new job! Performance anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes and situations or events that might make one person anxious could be effortless child’s play for someone else. One example…On my wedding day the Rabbi had to give me his handkerchief because […]

Cornell and Fordham Law School’s Are Thinking Outside Of The Box To Drive Enrollment!

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With law school enrollments nationwide declining, Cornell Law and Fordham University of Law are ramping up new programs! The growing problem facing law schools, the legal profession and ultimately the clients of lawyers was discussed recently in the article, ‘Correlation Or Coincidence?…Desperate Law Schools = Lowest Bar Exam Pass Rate In A Decade!‘. The premise […]

Correlation Or Coincidence?…Desperate Law Schools = Lowest Bar Exam Pass Rate In A Decade!

Interesting statistics about the future of the law profession due to the ‘collapse’ in the number of law school applications! Two articles this week from two different publications concerned the state of the profession of law from the perspective of the new crop of prospective lawyers who are applying to law schools and who will ultimately […]

TITLE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND THE ‘OTHER’ FEES

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For anyone who has been involved in a real estate transaction as the buyer, buyers attorney or mortgage provider you know that title insurance is a key component in the process! As such the title insurance provider that you choose is critically important for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is clearing […]

Voting For Best Title Agency, NY Law Journal Reader Rankings!

For those who may not be aware, Hallmark Abstract Service has been nominated Best Title Agency in the 2015 New York Law Journal Reader Rankings! Casting your vote for Hallmark Abstract Service will take less than five minutes and your vote would be greatly appreciated! Eligible Voters: Anyone involved in any aspect of the practice […]

Ever Wonder How The Lifestyles Of Top Law Partners Can Vary?

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Probably not, particularly given the fact that the average income for the 354,000 attorney’s who filed as solo practitioners was $49,130 in 2012! Given that average income statistic I would therefore assume that few if any are expressing pity for the disparity in the lifestyles between the top and the bottom rungs of the Am Law […]

Lawyers Top 10 Misconceptions About Social Media!

Most businesspeople know all about the potential reach of social media for business development! But given that fact there also remains some hesitation by some to actually implement a social media platform. Many factors may come into play for this but, the larger question that needs to be asked is whether by neglecting social media these […]