Being actively concerned about your clients’ problems will naturally come with the territory if you have a heart. When you are representing someone who is about to lose their home due to fraud, or lose visitation of a child through a custody battle, you can’t help but be awed by the life-altering nature of your…
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If You Lie Down With Dogs You Wake Up With Fleas — Rule #1 for a Satisfying Law Practice
My book on starting your own firm is oh so close to publication, and a call from opposing counsel today reminded me of the ramifications of violating Rule 1 from that book. Rule 1 is a lesson they never teach in law school; one that many attorneys never learn. In civil litigation, no one is…
A New Way to (Possibly) Add to Your Bottom Line — Write A Bonus Into Your Fee Agreement
I had nothing to do with this case, but an attorney friend of mine alerted me to this very interesting issue arising from an attorney fee application. Here is the scenario. A party won a breach of contract action and was entitled to attorney fees under the contract in question. As you are no doubt…