We’ve already had a lengthy discussion over the reasonableness of $30-$40/hour court appointed rates back here. Now, there’s an interesting development relating to court appointed rates out of Alabama as reported in Lawyers for Poor…
Arnie Herz of Legal Sanity discusses what it’s like to work with a spouse and links to some other articles that discuss this issue.
My D.C. colleague and Law Practice Management Advisor, Reid Trautz recently started blogging at Reid My Blog. As I can personally attest (having started my firm before Reid came on board with the D.C. Bar),…
Here’s an article, Matrimonial Lawyers Have a Powerful Tool in the Internet, Jonathan Bick and Jonathan E. Von Kohorn, Small Firm Business (2/22/05) that offers a primer on how family law attorneys can use the…
Here’s another outrageous story of judicial heavyhandedness. This story, Attorneys Sanctioned for Representing Client’s Challenges of Judicial Ethics (Empire Journal 2/14/05). According to the article, the New York Appellate Division, First Department sanctioned two New…
I’m finding that it takes a strong stomach to blog about lawyers’ ethics transgressions. Even though I’m careful and try to do the right thing with every action I take, I often feel as if…
Next time you find yourself thinking about letting the retainer agreement requirement slide (“I trust the client,” or “There’s no time,” are some excuses that might run through your mind), think again. Lack of a…