Spring is not too far around the corner. And during spring, you can’t escape those killer dust bunnies. They lurk in corners, growing larger and more ominous with time. And eventually, no matter how frightening, you have to deal with ...

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Being hit with a legal malpractice suit can be any lawyer’s worst nightmare. But staying out of trouble with your clients may be easier than you think. “Contrary to the expectations of most lawyers and clients, the bulk of claims ...

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You don’t have to memorize rafts of statistics to know that lawyer mobility is far more common today than it was even 10 years ago. Depending on the size of the firm, the prominence of the departing lawyer, the amount of work in progress ...

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Dallas-based attorney Ron Fountain said the problem with legal referral websites is they don’t give attorneys a full idea of what a prospective client is looking for, and they don’t allow a prospective client to discuss their problem with a group of attorneys who might be able to help them.

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The ticking of the clock generally coincides with the rising cost of a client’s bill. More hours means more money, but economic conditions and increasing client demands are leading more firms to consider alternative forms of billing.

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Even with the growth of online resources, word-of-mouth is still the way most people look for a lawyer, according to a survey by the ABA standing committee on the delivery of legal services. Forty-six percent of respondents said ...

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Writers are often encouraged to write about what they know. But for lawyers seeking a topic for a blog post, Facebook update or Tweet, should that include writing about their own clients and cases? Norm Pattis, a trial attorney in Bethel, Conn., authors a daily Tweet ...

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It’s been an unusual year for estate planners. The lack of a federal estate tax, and the uncertainty about whether it will return, has encouraged some clients to transfer their wealth by making gifts.

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For 32 years, Gerald Repinski’s ability to move was limited to raising his left arm just enough to pick up eating utensils and reposition himself in his wheelchair. When he lost the ability to do that, it was devastating. Repinski, ...

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A lawyer may ethically play a limited role in representing a client and ghostwrite documents for court proceedings, according to a recent ethics opinion.

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A lawyer who learns after the fact that a client has lied about a material issue in a deposition in a civil case must take reasonable remedial measures — starting with counseling the client to correct the testimony, according to a New York ethics opinion.

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