Thanks for your usual good common sense, Carolyn.   I wonder how a lawyer decides whether clients will be attracted or repelled.  I guess you have to decide your target audience — and work with the assets your firm has or can hire.

This is a difficult question, David. I know that I certainly would not approve of a lawyer going to court attired in the same manner that Erin B. is at the website. On the other hand, she is a paralegal, not an attorney and also a celebrity so she can get away with more. As for a more generic case, I personally like reading about people’s families and histories because I have voyeuristic tendencies. But I don’t think that I’d ever put all of that information out there because I’d be afraid that it might drive clients away. I think that ultimately, most lawyers would come down on the issues from the same perspective – not so much whether the dress is professional but whether it will drive clients away.