Ward Damon partner Adam Seligman is a transactional attorney, and he's been in the position of learning a potential client hired someone else when his response took 45 minutes.

Susan Eisenberg, Miami managing partner of Cozen O'Connor, ended up on the lucky side with “found time” when two days of depositions were canceled, but that's abnormal. As a management-side employment attorney, she's more likely to get a call the night before a planned termination.

Litigator Alan Kluger, a co-founder of Kluger Kaplan, has an airline Wi-Fi subscription to work in the air and clear his figurative desk while others are streaming their favorite shows.