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Council for Court Excellence – A Great Resource for Legal Consumers
The Council for Court Excellence (CCE), the “moving force” behind the “one day/one trial” jury duty system in the D.C. Superior Court, is a nonprofit organization formed in 1982, that “works to improve the administration of justice in the Washington metropolitan … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Awareness, Clients, Council for Court Excellence, Justice, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform
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The Client’s Paradox
In today’s times when people need a lawyer to do almost anything, the choice of which lawyer is very important. But as the number of lawyers to choose from has increased exponentially, the choice has become infinitely more complex. A … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged Advice, Attorneys, Awareness, Brian Portnoy, Clients, Law Firm, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Trust, Work Ethic, Worth Magazine
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Law Firm Refunds Fees . . . Voluntarily!
Imagine you hire a high-end law firm to handle a dispute for you. The firm handles the matter to your satisfaction and, while the bill seems high, you willingly pay the fee. Now imagine several months later you receive a … Continue reading
Posted in Billing
Tagged Attitude, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Law Firm, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Over Billing, Refund
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Sitting Judges As Mediators
In Shawnee County District Court, located in Topeka, Kansas, sitting judges are mediating “serious” criminal cases. According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, this mediation program is a growing trend that is avoiding “legal warfare,” alleviating the need for victim and witness testimony, and sparing … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal, Judges, Justice, Legal, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, Mediation, Plea, Shawnee County District Court
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Attorney Tip #5 – Talk Like A Lawyer
No, we don’t mean speak to your clients using “legalese.” We mean the exact opposite. On January 1, 2012, the ABA Journal re-published “More Than Just Words: This Is What It Really Means to Talk Like a Lawyer” by Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged ABA Journal, Attitude, Attorneys, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Jim McElhaney, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices
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Manhattan Judge Rules For The Legal Consumer – Again!
Manhattan Civil Court Judge Frank P. Nervo issued an opinion on January 14, 2014 denying a law firm’s $126,000+ legal fee request for recovery of a $6,400 security deposit in a residential lease case. The “BigLaw” firm, Mayer Brown LLP, submitted the 14 … Continue reading
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Tagged Frank Nervo, Judges, Justice, Legal, Legal Consumer, Mayer Brown LLP, Over Billing
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Robbing The Elderly . . . Sanctioned By The Court?
A guardian, conservator, or other-termed fiduciary, often an attorney, is appointed by the court when certain elders (and others) are incapable of caring for themselves and/or their property, and they need protection. But who protects these elders when the fiduciaries … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Billing Fraud, Conservator, Elder Abuse, False Billing, Fiduciary, Fraudulent Billing, Guardian, Judges, Justice, Laurie Roberts, Legal, Legal Reform, Marie Long, Probate Court
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The End Of An Era?
We returned to the office from holiday Monday morning only to learn that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf is leaving the blogosphere. Judge Kopf’s blog, Hercules and the Umpire, may only have been active for less than a year, but it is filled with judicial … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Boddie Sudderth, Hercules and the Umpire, John DiMotto, Judges, Kevin Burke, Larry Primeaux, Legal, Legal Consumer, Richard Kopf, Richard Posner, Tom McCarthy
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Law Firm Pays It Forward; LPR Closed For Holidays
We at LPR are always looking for inspiring stories to spur legal reform. This holiday season, we stumbled on the story of a law firm that started a holiday program to encourage others to do good deeds and pay it … Continue reading
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Tagged Highperformancegiving.com, Holiday, Hutchens Law Firm, Law Firm, Legal Reform, New Year, Pay it forward
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Judicial Assistance For Litigants Without Lawyers?
The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recently called out a D.C. Superior Court judge seeking senior status for “discourteous and impatient treatment of litigants.” The Commission was created in 1970 to oversee the conduct of D.C.’s judges. Reading the … Continue reading
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