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Updating our post from last year, use the below checklist to ensure that you are meeting the requirements of the Georgia Civil Practice Act and applicable State Bar of Georgia Rules of [...]

The holidays are a stressful time for everyone. Everybody needs assistance with their problems from time to time. And the legal profession is already stressful enough, so the holidays can make it [...]

Client consent is generally required for everything a lawyer does. But consider the following scenario. You settle a personal injury matter for your client. The client has received medical [...]

As we recently discussed, the 2015 ABA study put personal injury cases in first place once again as the practice area generating the most number of legal malpractice claims across the nation. [...]

On November 11, 2016, Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law, LLC, was invited by Georgia State College of Law, Adjunct Professor of Professional Responsibility and Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP, [...]

You work really hard for a client and then the client stops paying or refuses to pay an outstanding bill. Generally, it’s been said that a lawyer should never sue a client for unpaid fees. [...]

When speaking to lawyers about legal malpractice prevention and risk management, we often reference the 2008-2011 American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional [...]

There are no guarantees in life or the law; sometimes clients lose their cases and their perception is skewed. When legal matters don’t turn out the way clients want, they are usually not [...]

In most litigation, lawyers hired under an insurance policy will represent the defense. We sometimes get calls from defendants upset with their lawyers, or have questions about their [...]

Published on July 25, 2016, the State Bar of Georgia’s Formal Advisory Opinion 16-1 addresses the following question: Does the obligation of confidentiality described in Rule 1.6, [...]