Paperless Lawyering in Patagonia

A solo lawyer named Jeff shared his year-long experience as a "digital nomad."

When Jeff Austin answered a client call from his cabin in Patagonia, the backdrop wasn’t a bookshelf or a sterile office—just wind cutting across the Andes and his kids laughing in the yard.

It was a far cry from his North Carolina law office. Yet, for a year, it worked.

Austin, an estate planning attorney, proved that even a traditional profession coul…