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*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 [...]

Billing is a task most lawyers hate, but it’s the way that we all get paid. The Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct require that attorney’s fees—money earned by lawyers—to be [...]

Protecting your client relationships from being damaged by other lawyers is important. In many cases, it is good for the client to have more than one lawyer involved. The benefits of co-counsel [...]

Updating our post from last year, use the below checklist to ensure that you are meeting the requirements of the Georgia Civil Practice Act and applicable State Bar of Georgia Rules of [...]

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 [...]

Like most professions, lawyers change firms regularly. But because lawyers owe ethical duties to their clients, there’s much more to leaving than just moving out personal belongings. [...]

Communication with a client is probably the most important aspect of the attorney-client relationship. But lawyers often forget that communication about their clients may become discoverable in a [...]