Tomasz Stasiuk is a Colorado Springs disability attorney and legal technology evangelist. Tomasz Stasiuk writes and presents on how solo and small firm lawyers can leverage technology and new media to reduce expenses, work faster, and communicate more effectively.
We go into the practice of law to make a difference and to make things better. We want a meaningful and satisfying day’s work. Instead, we often end up chasing one document or another and trying to figure out where we are in any given case. That is a terrible way to practice law! We can do better.
Technology is moving to the point that any lawyer can practice anywhere. Whether from the home office, or the corner coffee shop. It’s now possible to not only review any document in any case from a telephone! We can check statuses, assign tasks and get real work done from a mobile device.
Lawyers are on the cusp of becoming true wireless workers at the center of a distributed ad hoc team.
However, the market is also changing. It is not enough to be the biggest fish in the yellow pages. It’s not enough to have a website. It’s not enough to lock up your experience behind brass statues and mahogany veneers. Clients sample lawyers’ wares like a cheese tray at a supermarket. Lawyers have to prove their expertise, their ability to communicate and their like-ability. Lawyers have to be engaged through blogs, tweets, videos, Facebook pages and meet-ups.
We are into the second decade of the new millennium. It is time to practice law a new way.
Presentations:
- Wordcast Conversations – “Attracting Legal Clients By Blogging” (June 19, 2011)
- Thompson G. Marsh Inn of Court – “Social Media, Portable Technology, and Security” (October 7, 2010)
- Colorado Bar Association – Hanging Your Shingle 2010 CLE – “Technology 2.0: New Opportunities” (August 21, 2010)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) 2010 Convention – “Practicing in the Cloud” (August 6, 2010)
- Solo / Small Firm Section – “Using Twitter and Blogging” (August 4, 2010)
- Macs in Law Offices MILOfest 2009 “Beyond Paperless – The Anywhere Office” (November 6, 2009)
- Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) 2009 Convention – “Paperless Law Offices” (August 7, 2009)
- National Return to Work Day “Where do injured employees end up after settlement.” (May 13, 3009)
Articles:
- Are You The Ghost of Marketing Mediums Past? – The Learned Lawyer (November 2, 2010)
- If You Don’t Create Content, You Don’t Exist – Legal Practice Pro (November 1, 2010)
- “Is Cloud Storage Secure Enough For Lawyers” The Mac Lawyer, September 27, 2010.
- Featured in The Learned Lawyer published by CLE in Colorado “Asked and Answered: Local Lawyer, Technophile Weighs in on iPad” (April 27, 2010)
- Featured in Law Week Colorado “Go Paperless and the World’s Your Office” (August 31, 2009)
- Featured in State Bill Colorado “Med-Mal, Money-Saving Tips, On Tap For Trial Lawyers’ Convention” (July 23, 2009)
- Featured in Lawyers Weekly (Canada) “What you need to know to run a paperless office.” (June 6, 2008)
Admissions:
- Colorado State Bar
- Colorado District Court
Education:
- 1998 University of Denver, College of Law – Juris Doctor
