There are no guarantees in life or the law; sometimes clients lose their cases and their perception is skewed. When legal matters don’t turn out the way clients want, they are usually not [...]
In most litigation, lawyers hired under an insurance policy will represent the defense. We sometimes get calls from defendants upset with their lawyers, or have questions about their [...]
Published on July 25, 2016, the State Bar of Georgia’s Formal Advisory Opinion 16-1 addresses the following question: Does the obligation of confidentiality described in Rule 1.6, [...]
Chandler Law recently continued its presentations on ethics and malpractice risk avoidance by presenting to the Glynn County Bar Association. Douglas Chandler presented along with David Moon, of [...]
Douglas Chandler of the malpractice and disciplinary defense firm Chandler Law presented at the 2016 Nuts and Bolts of Family Law Seminar in Savannah, Georgia, on August 19, 2016. Douglas [...]
At a recent seminar, Douglas Chandler asked if any of the attendees knew that Rule 1.4 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct had been amended in the last several years. Most attendees were [...]
Presentation: Professional Liability and Bar Complaints: Preventing, Covering, and Resolving Issues Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law and Ed Alden of Alden & Associates presented at the 2016 [...]
Divorce lawyers have a tough job. They are basically trying to make the best out of the worst situations. Of course, sometimes lawyers drop the ball and make a professional mistake. Sometimes the [...]
Under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.8, certain kinds of transactions with clients are prohibited to lawyers. One of those, generally speaking, is providing financial [...]
Most people never have more than one personal injury case. So, they don’t really know what is acceptable behavior for a law firm. Or, what a lawyer is supposed to do for them in the [...]
