It’s getting to be that dreaded time of year. If you send holiday cards, that is. Don’t send something that’s easy to toss Consider your own inbox (real and digital). How many cards do you get? What do you keep and what do you toss? I guarantee, a...
The ebb and flow of your forensic practice can be tough when things slow down. It can feel like it won’t ever get better again. Anxiety is a natural and common reaction. Relax. Life just got better during a slowdown. Turn your time to tasks that pay dividends....
It’s necessary to inform the public where you got that coveted forensic training and degree. However, if the school itself raises an eyebrow, a proactive strategy is better than a defensive/reactionary response. To make my point, I selected a few common and...
The “selectors” of expert witnesses are attorneys, both male and female. Remember: attorneys do the choosing, but juries have the last word. What if juries are less sexist than attorneys? Or, more likely, what if juries consider the credibility of a woman expert...
A happy-go-lucky series of Facebook posts by a person who claims to be socially paralyzed by depression. Daily Twitter posts about the state of current affairs by an elder alleged to be isolated from the world by a domineering caretaker. Texts with sexy photos to the...
Why a Forensic Psychiatrist or Psychologist needs a website is probably not what you think. Trust me, I’ve been doing this for 30 years. In Med-Legal your “seekers” are attorneys. Don’t get hung up on retail websites, shopping carts, pushy...
If your clients can’t find you, they can’t hire you. Most of the time, attorneys or their staff are seeking someone like you online. If you don’t have an online footprint, you might as well be invisible. First, you will need to unmuddy the waters...
Your sage expertise doesn’t deserve a shopping cart mentality, however that’s the focus of most “build-a-bear” websites. Check out the companion article: Easy Fix: A Website Graphic Upgrade Are you ready to build your website? Or did you build...
