Smartphones, laptop computers, tablets, ebook readers, digital cameras, and other mobile gadgets are all essential in today’s connected world. Yet the lawyer who carries or wears even a few of these devices into a business meeting or conference risks being viewed as a nerd, a geek, or perhaps even a Batman wannabe.

Sandy Dumont; owner of The Image Architect, a style consulting business in Norfolk, Va., says that attorneys need to pack away the multiple phones, tablets, and other gadgets before entering a meeting or proceeding. “You don’t want to have too many contraptions, because people might think you’ve gone over the edge and have become obsessed with technology rather than business,” she says.

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