Behaviors Most Likely to Generate a Bar Complaint

After speaking with a client recently about a Georgia Bar complaint matter, I started thinking about my nearly 15 years of experience defending lawyers against Bar complaints. While the [...]

Fix your problem or mistake before it escalates into a complaint.

Last year I wrote a

Part 7 – Client Engages in Illegal Activity

This is the final entry in an article series that covered the wide variety of case studies we review at our Attorney Ethics [...]

How to simplify your message so your audience will actually read (and understand) it.

In a recent meeting with my marketing firm,

Part 6 – Ex Parte Orders

This article series has covered a wide variety of case studies that we review at Attorney Ethics and Professional Liability CLE seminars. Case [...]

GA Bar Rule 7.2 Advertising: How will new disclosure requirements impact attorney advertising?

On March 21, the Georgia Supreme Court ordered amendments to several Bar Rules, [...]

New disclosures required for attorney advertising

On March 21, the Georgia Supreme Court ordered amendments to several Georgia Bar Rules of Professional Conduct, [...]

Part 5 – Ex Parte Communication

This article series has covered a variety of case studies that we discuss at my Attorney Ethics and Professional Liability CLE [...]

On March 26, 2014, Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law and Aubrey Smith of ProAssurance presented a CLE seminar to approximately 40 members [...]

Questions from the Legal Ethics and Professional Liability Seminar Series

This is one of the more common questions that local Bar association members ask during my [...]