The Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator, or TOJI, is accepting applications for its fifth cohort, which begins in July. TOJI is a State Bar of Texas program that helps attorneys build solo law practices that serve low- and modest-income Texans. Participants receive training, coaching, and resources to move their businesses forward and meet the legal … Continue Reading
Emma Hanes busts five SEO myths. To learn more about how to successfully run your practice, read the entire February issue at texasbar.com/tbj.… Continue Reading
The third cohort of the Texas Opportunity and Justice Incubator, or TOJI, started March 1, with its newest participants getting introduced to ways to run a successful solo law practice. TOJI is the first statewide legal incubator in Texas and aims to close the access to justice gap. The program teaches attorneys with fewer than … Continue Reading
To maintain a thriving practice, lawyers must constantly find ways to grow and expand their client base. In an effort to cast a wider net, especially when work is slow, many expand their list of practice areas. But in today’s world, many people want to work with a specialist, and these clients expect their legal … Continue Reading
Twenty years ago, Paul Looney, 60, moved from Houston to the nearby town of Bellville to raise his daughter. He spent years commuting to the city every day to practice law but eventually realized there were opportunities in neighboring Hempstead, population about 5,700. Looney has been a happy and successful small-town attorney ever since. He … Continue Reading
When Natalie Cobb Koehler was a student at South Texas College of Law in Houston, she decided that she would move back home to practice law. Koehler and her family now live on an oak- and cedar-covered ranch in Cranfills Gap in Central Texas, where her kids show animals in 4H and her husband co-stars … Continue Reading
H.P. “Mike” Berkley, 65, is a solo practitioner outside Forestburg, a community near the Texas-Oklahoma border with a population of about 250. He went to Southern Methodist University School of Law and practiced in Dallas until moving to the country about 25 years ago. Berkley talks about marrying the town vet, being a content attorney … Continue Reading
