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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 [...]

*Spoiler alert: there aren’t any*; every attorney should have lawyer’s professional liability coverage (“LPL”).  Unfortunately, many attorneys labor under common misconceptions about the risk of [...]

2023 began with a bang. I was called upon to mediate a complex legal malpractice claim for a plaintiff (husband and wife) against two lawyers and their two separate law firms. Legal malpractice [...]

As firms close out the year, plans are being finalized for next year’s marketing campaigns. Indeed, firms are planning many creative ways to market themselves in the new year – TV commercials, [...]

“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 [...]

Receiving a grievance from the State Bar is not a pleasant experience for anyone.  Your initial response may be disbelief: “this is ridiculous, I didn’t do that!”; anger: “what an ungrateful [...]

It’s another busy day at the office.  You are juggling clients, discovery, brief writing and conflicts checks for an influx of potential new clients not to mention entering your billing and [...]

Earlier this year, insurance broker Ames & Gough published the results of its survey of eleven leading lawyer professional liability insurers which provide insurance to 80% of the nation’s [...]

Building and maintaining a law practice requires hard work, even more so for solo practitioners and small firms where attorneys juggle business development, advertising, human resources, billing, [...]