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How to Select a California Car Accident Lawyer

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The 2024 American Bar Association National Lawyer Population Survey puts the number of California attorneys at 175,883. This translates to 4.5 lawyers for every 1,000 residents in California. The Golden State trails only New...more

Carr Maloney P.C.

Nonrefundable Advanced Legal Fees are Per Se Unethical Under the Proposed New Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(g)

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At its March 1, 2025, meeting, the VSB Council voted to approve changes to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5. The proposed amendment to the Rule includes a new subjection (g), which codifies an understanding that has been...more

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When Hostilities Break Out Between Co-trustees, Where Does That Leave Trust Counsel?

When hostilities break out between individual co-trustees, incumbent trust counsel faces a representation conundrum. In §8.8 of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook (2025), see appendix below, we grapple with the...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Hennepin County Civil Judges Roundtable: Key Takeaways

In partnership with the Minnesota State Bar Association – Civil Litigation Section, Winthrop recently hosted a lively and educational Roundtable event featuring a distinguished panel of nine members of the Hennepin County...more

TransPerfect Legal

Building Better Partnerships: In-House Counsel Insights on Outside Counsel Relationships

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TransPerfect Legal's Antitrust Practice Group hosted its fifth annual Antitrust Clearance and Merger Enforcement Conference in 2024. The panel featured key insights from Katherine Reilly, Senior Lead Counsel at Vistra Corp.;...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Responding to Bar Counsel Inquiries

I love the “Lawyers Behaving Badly” podcast. The show’s premise is the hosts’ love of professional messes. They excel at finding true stories about dumb lawyers. Each episode has me shaking my head, thinking to myself, “How...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Event] 2024 Trial Advocacy Seminar: Rule of Law - October 30th, Minneapolis, MN

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Join Robins Kaplan for this year’s Trial Advocacy Seminar, ‘Rule of Law,’ where we will gather to discuss the pivotal role of law in society. This event will explore how the Rule of Law serves as the foundation for justice,...more

IR Global

Client Onboarding: A 4-Stage Process

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An Accounting business based in Perth, Australia is taking on a lot of new Clients. That’s good… but they weren’t doing a great job of onboarding these new Clients. So they revisited and documented processes related to...more

International Lawyers Network

Beyond Legal Advice: Understanding Your Clients for Better Service

In today’s ever-evolving legal landscape, maintaining strong client relationships is more crucial than ever. Clients expect not only legal expertise but also personalized service, empathy, and a deep understanding of their...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

The Ethics of Limited Scope Engagements

A new client calls. She is a healthcare provider. She has gotten a letter from the licensing board. She needs assistance preparing an initial response and representation at the board interview. She’s convinced the complaint...more

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Process Models, FAQs: Close More Clients Through Clarity

Imagine this: You hurt your knee, and you’re scouting orthopedic surgeons. The first doctor you see tells you “Every knee is different, I’ll just have to open you up and go from there.” When you ask how long recovery may...more

Jaburg Wilk

How to Win in Divorce by Letting Go

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The common dynamics of failed relationships often make it difficult to think clearly and make good decisions, especially in the early stages of divorce. While my education and training has been focused on the legal and...more

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13 Tips for Writing The Perfect Attorney Website Bio

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How much does your professional bio matter? Turns out, quite a bit. When people secure legal services, they are investing in an individual: in their expertise, knowledge, and ability to solve their problems...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Should the Bar 'Bar' AI? Use in Legal Profession Has Risks and Rewards

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ChatGPT, a platform from OpenAI, has been leading the charge for general use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with serious implications for businesses. AI is, at its core, “… the overarching description for technologies that...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Managing Communication With Your Lawyer

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Earlier today I read an article in an on-line news journal about clients who spend inordinate time on the phone with their lawyers and the consequence for both lawyer and client. It’s a great topic because most humans don’t...more

Maynard Nexsen

Civility in Litigation and Navigating Difficult Opposing Counsel

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You may not have heard the phrase before, but most likely you have encountered a “litigation terrorist” – an attorney who deliberately creates chaos in litigation. This is a growing trend in litigation and can manifest...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Legal Ethics: Setting Limits With Your Clients

Last week, the State Bar of California filed an 11 Count Notice of Disciplinary Charges against John Eastman for “legal” services rendered to former President Donald Trump and others promoting the idea that the 2020...more

IMS Legal Strategies

How Hollywood Can Inspire Your Courtroom Presentations

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Think of the last movie you watched. Can you remember how many times there were edits? How many transitions? What kind? Most of us have watched movies our entire lives without really attending to their cuts and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

ABA Relaxes Rule 4.2 When a Lawyer Hits ‘Reply All’: Will Oregon and Washington Follow Suit?

The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued its second formal opinion concerning Model Rule 4.2 in as many months. The so-called “no-contact rule” prohibits a lawyer from having contact with a represented party about the...more

Copo Strategies + Law Firm Editorial Service

Content is how B2B lawyers get in the “build your book of business” game

We’ve heard throughout our lives that we can’t win a game if we aren’t on the field. We’ve most likely heard this in connection with sports, but figuratively speaking, this concept applies to many other areas of our lives....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Solicitation of Potential Clients by a Law Firm’s Employees or Agents

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Are there limits on employees or agents of a law firm soliciting work for the firm from individuals known or reasonably believed to be in need of legal services for a particular matter?  In a recently issued opinion, the...more

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California Court: Attorney's Failure to Cite Known Adverse Authority Violated Duty of Candor To Court

Brief Summary - A California appellate court held that it is a violation of the duty of candor for an attorney to prosecute an appeal while failing to cite known authority that the court has no jurisdiction to entertain...more

Butler Snow LLP

Trial Lawyer Roundtable

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It is 2022 and we are ready to be back in the courtroom. For the past two years, most civil trials have come to a grinding halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, lawyers, judges and litigants alike are eager to return to...more

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Lawyers, Don't Be Willfully Blind to Suspected Client Fraudulent Conduct – Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter

It's one of the most gut-wrenching events in a lawyer's practice when they suspect the client is lying about the facts to cover up fraudulent or criminal activity. The client may be hiding liabilities when applying for a loan...more

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Lawyers May Simultaneously Represent a Corporation and Its Directors Against Derivative Claims That Do Not Allege “Serious...

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In a case of first impression in North Carolina, a judge for the North Carolina Business Court was recently asked to decide whether a single law firm may simultaneously represent both a corporation and its individual...more

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