It’s that time of year again: travel, turkey, and time off. As lawyers, we help our clients prepare for and deal with “worst case scenarios,” so let us be the first this season [...]
Under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, there’s nothing ethically wrong with a lawyer referring a case to another lawyer. It’s common to see referrals by a personal injury [...]
Something that comes up from time to time, in personal injury matters especially, is the requirement to provide ante litem notice to the state prior to filing suit. The Georgia Tort Claims Act [...]
Chandler Law is pleased to reveal its new, mobile and tablet-adaptive website today. Chandler Law’s informational blog and newsletter will resume regular monthly publishing this month under [...]
Regulation of attorney conduct is a critical function of state bar rules and ethical codes, and helps to direct appropriate conduct when real-life situations get complicated. Perhaps the most [...]
On August 28, 2015, Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law was invited by seminar Co-Chairs Gary P. Graham, of Stern & Edlin, and Paul Johnson and Scot Kraeuter,of Johnson, Kraeuter & Dunn, to [...]
In addition to legal duties, lawyers owe fiduciary duties to their clients. Those fiduciary duties are the duties of (1) complete candor or honesty with the client (and others, where required!); [...]
How the Georgia State Bar Discipline Process Works The Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct govern the ethical conduct of attorneys and their staff. Georgia has adopted most, but not all, of the [...]
