There is a perception that men have it easy. In some ways we do. I'm not here to draw comparisons or claim men have it just as bad or worse than anyone else. I'm just here to tell you that men are struggling.

1. Don’t neglect the people you already know!

2. What’s so special about LinkedIn?

3. How to use social media.

4. In-person events, clubs, and communities.

5. Targeted Advertisements.

1. Mission, Vision, and Values

2. Target Market

3. Rate Setting. Let’s talk pricing!

4. Establishing Your Brand, Logo, and Brand Voice

5. Website, Intake, Engagement, and Goodbyes

Law is a service profession. As much as fancy-pants lawyers want to pretend they are special, paying for legal services is no different than hiring a mechanic, electrician, or plumber. We pay for services for three reasons: (1) we lack the knowledge, skills, or tools required to achieve the desired result; (2) we lack the time to perform the task or obtain the necessary knowledge, skills, or tools; or (3) we don't want to perform the task.

To explain why I hunt would require sharing the stories of a half-dozen people – some alive, some dead, and some I never had the good fortune of meeting.

Are you getting advice on what entity to form? Are you getting advice on what to name your entity? Is your operating agreement customized for your needs? Are you getting instructions on your next steps and the opportunity to save money by doing things yourself? re you getting scam warnings? Who do you go to when you have a question down the road?

Our modern world does not require me to be tied to one place, so I’m not gonna be.

I plan on living until I’m 100 years old. I think I’ll probably pull it off but – if and when I do – I’ll have beat my current family average by more than 25 years. In my case, those low numbers have more to do with the indiscriminate use of butter and cigarettes than hereditary conditions. I figure – if I can take it easy on the foods I love, avoid falling off the side of a mountain, and not get eaten by a grizzly bear on one of my many adventures – I’ll at least make a good run at it.

Anyone who knows me well knows I am a California transplant. If you don’t know me, that might not mean what you think it means.

Small businesses – especially new businesses – are usually hurting for customers. They’re hurting for clients, patients, buyers, purchasers, shoppers, consumers, and patrons.

Your status as a regular, a frequenter, or a habitué is greatly appreciated (though in the case of The Longhair Lawyer’s services, let’s hope it’s because you’re a dealmaker and not a dealbreaker). However, if you really want to help a business you adore, there is just one more step to take.

To understand just how wild and confusing this can get, I want you to imagine the typical family farm. If you’re a lifelong city dweller, when I say “typical family farm” you probably imagine a big red barn, a few acres, a couple of rows of corn, and an assortment of barnyard animals. That’s not what I’m talking about.

I imagine, when most people picture a lawyer, they see a desk jockey. A person who shuns the light of the sun unless they’re at an all-expense resort. A person who’s never done “real work” a day in their life. A person who doesn’t know how to get their hands dirty and would refuse to even if they did. Longhair or not, we attorneys are all susceptible to that stereotype. I can’t speak for all lawyers, but I can absolutely promise you – that’s not me.

If there is something to take away from all this, it’s that there is probably already something in your life you can do to help someone somewhere. Something probably comes to mind. Just go for it!

It seems the Irish would rather risk the death of an idiot than encumber the beauty of nature and that’s a philosophy I can get behind.

With every person getting a side hustle, everybody wanting passive income, and millennial and gen x homebuyers eating up property across Washington State, I’m certain there are a lot of folks out there absolutely flying by the seat of their pants when it comes to this stuff. That doesn’t have to be you.

A year ago, I was studying for a Bar exam, cooking up a business plan most people didn’t seem to understand, and applying for some of the most random jobs you could imagine. Today, that business plan is finally coming to fruition.

Make no mistake, I am not particularly gifted in terms of size, strength, agility, endurance, or coordination. I have no intentions of becoming a professional athlete and no delusions that such a thing is reasonably likely. What I do have is a desire to push myself to extremes so that I can live my life to the fullest.

There are plenty of articles about wills, trusts, power of attorney, IRAs, life insurance, long-term care, and how to decide which child is your favorite. There’s no point in me repeating those same exercises. Instead, I want to help you work through a few excuses you’ve probably been making.