Other Useful Resources
This page includes a variety of resources that I think might be of interest to site visitors and readers of my books. Please send me a message if there are other resources you'd like to see.
Recipes & Other Food Resources
I love to cook and bake, so I decided to create a page where I will post recipes and links to food resources I particularly like. Here it is.
Copywriting Services
Lea Curtes-Swenson is a copywriter I admire. Click here to find out why and for information on how to get in touch with her.
Revolutionary Law Firm
Valorem Law Group is a business litigation law firm made up of BigLaw refugees (including two wonderful former partners of mine) who are revolutionizing the business side of legal representation by eliminating the use of the billable hour and instead focusing on value and results, not counting the minutes. Valorem puts its money where its mouth is by adding a “Value Adjustment Line” on every bill, which allows clients to adjust the amount of the fee to match the value they received. Click here for Valorem's website and here for the reasons I think the firm is on to something extremely significant.
Help on the Homefront
First Class Care, Inc. is Chicagoland's premier nanny agency. They specialize in finding nannies, baby nurses, housekeepers, babysitters, house managers, and personal chefs. Their motto: "Your family deserves the VERY BEST and we can help you find your perfect match." First Class Care was founded and is run by a husband and wife team who know from personal experience that, for working parents, finding the right childcare option is imperative to both a happy household and a successful career.
Professional Business Coach
Betty LaMarr is an Executive Coach with Nadisa Associates, a business and professional coaching company that is coaching women to change the world through personal choices and leadership. Betty founded the company with the vision of creating a support system for women in business to live the life they love and make conscious choices that are in alignment with their personal values. Nadisa Associates' unique approach allows clients to conduct confidential telephone sessions from the privacy of their home or office.
Networking
The Senior Businesswomen's Forum is an independent and cross-disciplinary affiliation of Chicago-area business leaders who convene to focus and educate on the role of women leaders in business, community affairs, and career development.
Susan Sneider works with law firms, legal departments, law schools, and legal vendors on all aspects of the business of practicing law. Her book A Lawyer's Guide to Networking is a useful tool for lawyers at all stages of professional life.
Cutting Edge Legal Services Management Solution
The Corporate Legal Standard offers the Agenda Solution™, an integrated technology and consulting approach designed to enable law departments and law firms to enhance team productivity, increase return on investment, lower legal service costs, and manage collaboration. CLS also founded the Open Legal Standards Initiative (OLSI), the legal industry's first global standards-setting initiative.
Miscellaneous Resources
Goodnightnoises is a funny, thoughtful, poignant blog by a smart 20-something with a sharp tongue, strong opinions, great observational skills and an out-of-the-mainstream take on things.
Sports Blog to be Named Later comments on football and a variety of other sports topics from a female perspective. And the female writer in question, who is an athlete herself, is also someone extremely dear to me whose commentary I've been agreeing with, arguing with, and otherwise enjoying for years.
Here's a blog called Women Lawyers-Back on Track, written "for women attorneys seeking success and happiness in the legal profession."
Ouidad has terrific products for curly hair and Arthur Quinn at A Quinn Salon in Cambridge, Mass., is a terrific cutter of same, as are Adrianna Ramirez at Las Olas Beauty Salon in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Alberto Martinez at Visual Impact in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Kris at Elements Salon & Spa in Green Bay, Wisconsin.