Contributing to the Communities We Serve
Attorney Nicholas Richardson is a regular contributor to the Schaumburg and Palatine pages of the TribLocal, powered by the Chicago Tribune. Take a look at the links below to read on a variety of issues from customer service to the 2016 Olympics and more like must-see places in the local metro and creating a public relations campaign for your own business.
The Importance of Following Up--Nick Richardson's Take
2/25/11 I've occasionally volunteered to meet with undergraduates interested in law school and those with journalism backgrounds like me. What has surprised me most about these ...
Three To-Do's for Your Business: Nick Richardson's Take
12/22/10 This time of year business owners face the reality of this year's sales numbers and the planning for next year's (hopefully increased) numbers ...
Customer Service Done Right: Nick Richardson's Take
9/23/10 Dozens of times per week, we're all either the customer or the customer-service provider-at the bank, work or even the park district. And while everyone can point out examples ...
Looking for a Great Budget Tool? Nick Richardson's Take
8/19/10 Considering I work with disclosure statements and the like almost daily in my 9-5 life, it's not shocking that I use the tools personally as well. I've been using the Disclosure Statement ...
J School Made me a Better Attorney: The Richardson's Take
7/30/10 Consistently ranked as our country's top journalism or J school at Mizzou, as the University of Missouri is widely known, adheres to the philosophy that the best...
5 Restaurant Reviews: The Richardson's Take
6/29/10 The restaurant business makes for some of our favorites shows (Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares & Top Chef), but it's a business that we both know ...
Top of the Rock v. Empire State Building
6/30/10 As a Midwesterner who had never been to NYC until last week, I regard the experience as a must-do at least once. ...
Walking 30 minutes 6 days a week: The Richardson's Take
4/30/10 This is our goal: walking 30 minutes 6 days a week. It seems so simple, and yet our second week included a few vacation days, so ...
Leaving your four-legged kids at home: The Richardson's Take
03/31/10 Despite these challenging economic times, the total U.S. pet industry is estimated at $47.7 billion dollars this year, according to the American Pet Products Association Inc. ...
Are you an OINK or trying OI living?: The Richardson's Take 3/12/10 As frugality’s popularity continues to grow, we’re totally on-board with keeping more of our money in our pockets. Last January as DINK's, we keep an eye ...
NickRichardsonLaw.com moves into new office space
02/10/10 After deciding to open his own law office last April after his February layoff, attorney Nick Richardson had little time to plan the launch of his ...
Go to Ming’s Now: The Richardson's Take
01/24/10 Takeout Chinese food simply solves the daily question: What’s for dinner? But when our favorite go-to option was sold, and eventually closed, we were left without ...
Brunch—Shaw’s vs. Wildberry: The Richardson's Take
01/07/10 Sunday brunch may be my favorite meal, and when I moved from Lincoln Park to Schaumburg, I missed our ritual of Sunday brunch at Stanley’s Kitchen ...
Alumni Sharing Knowledge: The Richardson's Take
12/21/09 Everyone can benefit from mentors—regardless of age or position. This year, we’ve gained insight from ours and made educated decisions as a result. Over the last ...
Shameless, we know: The Richardson's Take
12/14/09 At first, it felt weird and uncomfortable. It felt wrong, but the more we did it, the easier it got. What in the world are we ...
Anthem Grill: The Richardson's Take
12/07/09 As stated before: we love going out to eat. And, we also love convenience. So when Anthem Grill opened up at 704 W. Euclid Ave., in ...
Love your librarian: The Richardson's Take
12/01/09 This recession has made frugality and budgets cool—for the first time we can remember. Personally, I no longer groan and fight Nick to sit down and ...
Excellent Customer Service: The Richardson's Take
11/23/09 In our bigger-better-obsessed culture, it seems like everyone has less time to simply "be nice" to other people. We hear, "I'm so busy" so often that ...
One necessity you never want to use: The Richardson's Take
11/20/09 Pre-surgery my nurse kindly asked, "Do you have a living will?" and I naively responded, "No, I don't have anything of value." As a recent grad ...
How to be a good host: The Richardson's Take
11/13/09 Whether we like it or not, we're all put into the host or hostess role at some point, perhaps at home for out-of-town company or in ...
New-to-us Restaurants: The Richardson's Take
10/30/09 The name-Hungry-makes sense, and we're actually surprised we haven't seen it used by another restaurant before, but I wonder how many people have given Hungry Restaurant ...
Not doing PR for your business? Start NOW: The Richardson's Take
10/23/09 Nick half heartedly jokes that the University of Missouri's Journalism School, www.journalism.missouri.edu, was harder than law school. But for a program ...
5 reasons to open your home to a stranger: The Richardson's Take
10/16/09 As a neophyte host family, we were extremely apprehensive about opening our home to a German visitor through Schaumburg's Sister Cities program. In fact, I only ...
Our German Exchange Adult: The Richardson's Take
10/05/09 Since Thursday night, we've been playing host to Mathias Schlautkötter, a 21-year-old firefighter from the Schaumburg region in Germany ...
Divided over the big O-The Richardson's Take
09/28/09 We are a house divided-divided over the 2016 Summer Olympics that is. Nick doesn't want the big O, and the very thought of hearing, "And the ...
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2/25/11 I've occasionally volunteered to meet with undergraduates interested in law school and those with journalism backgrounds like me. What has surprised me most about these ...
