Happy New Year and Beware of Surprises in 4th Quarter Bills
It’s been said with good justification that “a lawyer’s pen gets heavier during the fourth quarter.” Invariably, as the year nears …
Using Outsourced Legal Staff
The following is an excerpt from my book, Red Flags In Legal Bills: What Signals Are Attorneys Sending? Related to the …
Googling To Find Out If Your Attorney Used Form Documents
I used to belong to a practice section of my state bar that I called the “Does Anyone Have a …
The Importance of Agreeing On Legal Staff To Be Used
In the introduction to The Art Of Hiring The Right Lawyer & Negotiating A Fee Agreement That Will Save On …
On Using and Billing for “Re-cycled Work Product” “A lawyer who is able to reuse old work product has not re-earned …
What Do Auto Mechanics & Attorneys Have in Common?
Probably not much at all except that you can say that both are in the business of delivering service. As …
The Consequences for Attorneys Who “Knowingly” or “Negligently” Engaging in Improper Billing
Whenever I do a seminar for attorneys on ethics, I always tell them that there are three things they should …
Why Most Lawyers Do Not Have a Duty to be “Zealous Advocates”
Twice I have heard speakers at my state bar’s annual convention cite to a lawyer’s ethical duty to be a “zealous advocate” …