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Chandler Law’s Top 10 Tips – Part I I co-conduct a statewide for CLE credit seminar on Risk Management, Legal Ethics, and Professional Liability. We cover a lot of ground in two hours, but beyond [...]

On May 7, the ABA Commission on Ethics submitted a series of technology-related proposals to the House of Delegates. These first six proposals for ABA Model Rules updates were the result of a [...]

  “I didn’t even know that my secretary did it. They can’t blame me!” This was the start of a conversation I had with another attorney about his Georgia Bar complaint. What if this had been [...]

  The CLE seminar, entitled Risk Management, Legal Ethics and Professional Liability, is focused on helping attorneys improve internal and client communications, minimize risk, and avoid [...]

  I was recently conducting a CLE seminar on Risk Management, Legal Ethics and Professional Liability for a local Bar Association. When we started discussing updates to Georgia Rule of [...]

  The Daily Report sought Douglas Chandler’s viewpoints for their March 29 article on the Losey v. Prieto legal malpractice case (12EV104260): “Ex-Client Sues Lawyers for [...]

  Many of us have been in the situation where we undertake representation, legal work is in process, and then the client has a change of heart and wants to get their file back. Regardless of [...]

Some things to consider before you start chasing emergency vehicles.   Late last year, the Georgia Supreme Court revised some of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct which govern lawyers [...]

  Late last year, the Georgia Supreme Court revised some of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct which govern lawyers in Georgia. You probably read about the changes, but I wanted to [...]

Three valuable lessons you can learn from others’ mistakes. I was recently reading an article by Meredith Hobbs in the Atlanta Daily Report entitled, “Failed Real Estate Deals Driving [...]