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The Power of Monotasking: Reclaiming Focus in a Distracted World – A Book Discussion of The Twelve Monotasks by Thatcher Wine (Presented by the Federal Bar Association)

2025-08-06 14:00:00

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Discover how single-tasking boosts focus, reduces stress, and improves work quality for legal professionals in a distraction-filled world.

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Discover how single-tasking boosts focus, reduces stress, and improves work quality for legal professionals in a distraction-filled world.

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Course Overview

Monotasking Strategies for Legal Professionals

Participants will learn attention-strengthening techniques to improve focus, reduce errors, and prevent burnout. These evidence-based methods enhance work quality while managing competing client demands.

Task Switching

Allow 23 minutes between tasks for focus.

Attention Building

Strengthen monotasking muscles through daily activities.

Device Management

Control notifications to reclaim cognitive resources.

Sustainable Practice

Prevent burnout by spreading tasks strategically.

Course Overview

Monotasking Strategies for Legal Professionals

Participants will learn attention-strengthening techniques to improve focus, reduce errors, and prevent burnout. These evidence-based methods enhance work quality while managing competing client demands.

Task Switching

Allow 23 minutes between tasks for focus.

Attention Building

Strengthen monotasking muscles through daily activities.

Device Management

Control notifications to reclaim cognitive resources.

Sustainable Practice

Prevent burnout by spreading tasks strategically.

Why Attend

Why this 
program matters

Monotasking is essential for legal practitioners because it directly impacts accuracy, efficiency, and client outcomes in a profession where errors can lead to malpractice claims and missed deadlines.
40%
Productivity drop experienced by multitaskers, who also take 50% longer to complete tasks and make up to 50% more errors. (Wolters Kluwer)
23min
Average time required to fully refocus on a task after being interrupted, according to research by Professor Gloria Mark at UC Irvine. (University of California, Irvine)
2.9hr
Average daily billable hours for lawyers, representing only 37% of an 8-hour workday, with 48% lost to administrative tasks. (Clio 2024 Legal Trends Report)
77%
Percentage of lawyers reporting burnout, with 40% considering leaving the profession entirely due to stress. (Massachusetts Lawyer Well-Being Study 2023)

Agenda

Session 1

Key Concepts from The Twelve Monotasks Book

Session 2

Applying Monotasking Strategies in Legal Practice

Session 3

Monotasking for Lawyer Wellness and Time Management

clock 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST

Key Concepts from The Twelve Monotasks Book

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Explore foundational ideas from Thatcher Wine’s book examining how monotasking—doing one thing at a time with full attention—supports the cognitive demands of legal work. Learn why multitasking undermines accuracy, reasoning, and quality legal analysis, and discover that only 2% of people can truly multitask effectively.

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

clock 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm EST

Applying Monotasking Strategies in Legal Practice

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Discover how monotasking can be integrated into brief writing, contract review, client counseling, and courtroom preparation. Learn practical approaches like the 23-minute task-switching reset period and how focused attention reduces errors while enabling more deliberate and ethical lawyering.

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

clock 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Monotasking for Lawyer Wellness and Time Management

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Understand how sustained attention improves work-life boundaries, lowers burnout, and helps lawyers manage billable hours and high-stakes matters. Explore practical strategies including time blocking, managing device relationships, and building monotasking muscles through daily activities like reading and walking.

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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Key topics that will be covered

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn why only 2% of people can truly multitask and how task switching requires approximately 23 minutes for full cognitive engagement.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain practical strategies for building monotasking muscles through daily activities like reading, walking, and sleeping to reduce burnout and improve work quality.

Task Switching
Switching between tasks takes approximately 23 minutes before your brain fully settles.
Reading Practice
Reading strengthens attention because wandering focus requires rereading, training sustained concentration.
Device Management
Set notification filters to reduce background attention drain from 40% to 2%.
Sleep Quality
Stop work one hour before bedtime to allow your mind to settle.
Walking Breaks
Take walks without phones or podcasts to refresh thinking and reset attention.
Burnout Prevention
Spread tasks out individually rather than combining five things together exponentially increasing stress.

What will you learn

Attorneys will learn why only 2% of people can truly multitask and how task switching requires approximately 23 minutes for full cognitive engagement.

What will you gain

Attorneys will gain practical strategies for building monotasking muscles through daily activities like reading, walking, and sleeping to reduce burnout and improve work quality.

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Joe Ervin

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
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A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.
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Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Kevin Foley

Reminger Co
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A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.
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Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Grant H. Lawson

The Law Firm for Truck Safety, LLP
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A Partner at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. He focuses exclusively on cases involving commercial motor vehicle crashes and wrongful death. Joe also holds a valid class “A” commercial driver’s license with endorsements for double/triple trailers and tankers.
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Education & Credentials

A 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, Joe is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell — the highest peer rating for exceptional legal ability and ethics. He is among the first nine attorneys nationwide to earn board certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Recognition & Leadership

Joe received the Roadway Safety Award from the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for his commitment to improving highway safety.
 He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Safety Committee, advocating for higher safety standards across the trucking industry.

Professional Involvement

Joe serves on the faculty of the AAJ Advanced Trial Advocacy College: Litigating Truck Collision Cases (2015 & 2024).
 He is an active member of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and sits on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Experience

Joe frequently consults and co-counsels on complex commercial truck cases. His proven track record includes numerous successful trials against motor carriers and truck leasing companies — delivering justice for victims of commercial vehicle accidents.

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

Thatcher Wine is a creative entrepreneur, speaker, and author known for his work on focused living and intentional design. He founded Juniper Books in 2001, pioneering custom book sets and libraries that blend literature and visual art.

Education & Credentials

Graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in History and Art History.

Recognition & Leadership

Delivered a TED Talk titled 'The Books We Keep, the Stories We Tell.' Praised by Departures magazine as 'the man who brought back the library.' Author of 'The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better' and coauthor of 'For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library.' Holds a U.S. patent for custom book jackets.

Experience

Previously worked in strategy consulting, investment banking, and early internet ventures before founding Juniper Books in 2001. In 2023, launched Juniper Custom to serve interior designers, collectors, and readers worldwide.

Thatcher Wine

Juniper Books

Thatcher Wine is a creative entrepreneur, speaker, and author known for his work on focused living and intentional design. He founded Juniper Books in 2001, pioneering custom book sets and libraries that blend literature and visual art.

Education & Credentials

Graduate of Dartmouth College with a degree in History and Art History.

Recognition & Leadership

Delivered a TED Talk titled 'The Books We Keep, the Stories We Tell.' Praised by Departures magazine as 'the man who brought back the library.' Author of 'The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better' and coauthor of 'For the Love of Books: Designing and Curating a Home Library.' Holds a U.S. patent for custom book jackets.

Experience

Previously worked in strategy consulting, investment banking, and early internet ventures before founding Juniper Books in 2001. In 2023, launched Juniper Custom to serve interior designers, collectors, and readers worldwide.

T.J. McGrath

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

T.J. McGrath serves as General Counsel for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, advising the Executive Director on legal and business matters. She co-founded Ardaithe Consulting LLC, developing tailored soft skills training for leadership and staff.

Professional Involvement

Currently serves on the Professional Development Committee for the FBA and is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section. Through Ardaithe Consulting LLC, specializes in Resiliency Training, Resolving Workplace Disputes, and Leading Teams, with training modules on Ethics, Sexual Harassment, Bystander Intervention, Mindfulness, and De-escalation.

Experience

Prior to MedPAC, served as General Counsel at the Congressional Budget Office and Associate General Counsel for the TRICARE Management Activity (now Defense Health Agency). Served 12 years on active duty with the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps and 18 years as a reservist.

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