Litigators Overcoming Your Business Development Challenges

Developing the Next Generation of Rainmakers Litigators: Overcoming Your Business Development Challenges Are you a litigator? If so how are you marketing your practice? I know from my own experience, and watching my friends, that successfully marketing a litigation practice is a challenge. Here are some of the reasons: So, what is the solution? In my case I narrowed my focus to the construction industry. So, one solution is to become industry focused. I have worked with lawyers who focus their litigation practice on a variety of industries. When you focus on an industry it is easier to teach clients through writing and presentations how to avoid the very litigation matter you would handle for them. Christy Crider, a Baker Donelson lawyer I coached created a video series for long term health care facilities: “Setting Yourself Up For Success;”  Avoiding Litigation in Your Long-Term Care Facility. Doing programs on avoiding potential litigation gives you an opportunity to demonstrate what you know about the specific type of litigation. Another approach is to create an interesting blog that shows your personality and litigation skills. Cozen O’Conner lawyer,  Hayes Hunt, writes From the Sidebar. His blog receives more comments than any lawyer blog I regularly read. In Virginia, Gentry Locke lawyer, Jay O’Keeffe writes the very popular De Novo: Virginia Appellate Law blog. Fox Rothschild lawyer Eric Solotoff writes the very popular blog  New Jersey Family Law blog. I practiced law for 37 years developing a national construction law practice representing some of the top highway and transportation construction contractors in the US.