The Importance of Succession Planning for Lawyers – Ensuring a Smooth Transition

Succession planning is a crucial aspect of the legal profession. As lawyers, we devote our careers to serving clients and providing expert legal counsel. However, it is equally important to plan [...]

What’s Coming For Clients In 2024

Chandler Law Life and Legacy Practice Chandler Law is pleased to announce the addition of an innovative estate planning practice called Life and Legacy Practice in early 2024. Let me provide [...]

The Year End Is Fast Approaching. Is It Time For Your Firm’s Law Practice Management Review?

Managing your clients and firm is more than a full time job, and things seem to get more hectic every month as your business grows and the year’s end approaches. While you’re busy running the [...]

What Not To Do When the Fan Starts Slinging What Just Hit It (Part 4 of 4)

Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part IV of IV) Introduction In the recent Report of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia ("State Bar"), it was reported that [...]

What Not To Do When the Fan Starts Slinging What Just Hit It (Part 3 of 4)

Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part III of IV) Introduction The most recent Report of the General Counsel of the State Bar of Georgia ("State Bar") reported that 2,394 [...]

Arbitration Clauses In Law Firm Engagement Agreements: Friend or Foe?

Deciding to retain a law firm is an important business decision and typically involves due diligence, including interviews with one or more of the firm’s attorneys and consultation with your [...]

What Not To Do When the Fan Starts Slinging What Just Hit It (Part 2 of 4)

Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part II of IV) Introduction Since publishing Part I of this four-part series, several new clients contacted us after being shocked and [...]

What Not To Do When the Fan Starts Slinging What Just Hit It (Part 1 of 4)

Getting Help With Malpractice Claims And Bar Grievances (Part I of IV) Introduction Over the past several weeks, we have had the privilege of advising several colleagues who contacted us [...]

Law office staff and the Unauthorized Practice of Law – Part 2

We have represented clients in legal malpractice matters, and defended lawyers in State Bar disciplinary grievance cases, where the alleged negligent advice giving rise to the claim or grievance [...]

The Dangers of Self-Inflicted Bar Rule Violations

A hypothetical case study.

One of the interactive parts of my Attorney Ethics and Professional Liability CLE seminars is a discussion of how Bar Rules apply to certain [...]