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Managing your clients and firm is more than a full time job, and things seem to get more hectic every month as your client list grows and the year’s end approaches. While you’re busy running the [...]
As an attorney and mediator who specializes in professional liability cases and issues affecting lawyers and their firms, I’ve learned that while the fact patterns and circumstances of every case [...]
Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part IV of IV) Introduction In the recent Report of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia (“State Bar”), it was [...]
Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part III of IV) Introduction The most recent Report of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia (“State Bar”) reported [...]
Deciding to retain a law firm is an important business decision and typically involves due diligence, including interviews with one or more of the firm’s attorneys and consultation with your [...]
Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part II of IV) Introduction Since publishing Part I of this four-part series, several new clients contacted us after being shocked and [...]
Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part I of IV) Introduction Over the past several weeks, we have had the privilege of advising several colleagues who contacted us [...]
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Benjamin Franklin’s oft-repeated advice from 1735 still rings true 287 years later. Although Franklin was referring to fire prevention methods [...]