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Tag Archives: Clients
Pulling Back The Curtain On BigLaw – And Many Smaller Firms Too
We’ve all seen or heard about the high-end law firms, the ones with the well-appointed offices and the high billable hour fees. Large or small, some of these firms are harboring a secret – one that can affect how they treat … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged ABA Journal, Attitude, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Edwin B. Reeser, Law Firm, Legal Consumer, Over Billing
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Attorney Tip #9 – Brief Writing
In an ABA Journal article titled “Dirty Dozen: 12 Ways to Write a Really Bad Brief,” Jim McElhaney writes about the “ordinary sins [of bad brief writing] that even good lawyers commit everyday.” According to Mr. McElhaney, they include: Make it … Continue reading
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Tagged ABA Journal, Attorneys, Brief Writing, Clients, Jim McElhaney, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Practices, Litigation
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Justice Is Not Always Just – Traffic Court Edition
Imagine you are riding a motorcycle through twisty mountain roads, traveling well within the speed limit, and when you brake to prepare for a sharp turn, you hit a patch of gravel, your bike slides like it’s on marbles and … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Attorneys, Awareness, Clients, Credibility, Evidence, Judges, Justice, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Legal System, Traffic Court
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If All Lawyers Spent Time As Clients . . . Maybe The System Would Be Better
We stumbled on an article about a doctor’s eye-opening experience spending time as a patient, and it got us thinking: what if all lawyers spent time as clients? Perhaps the best way to see how the system affects those who … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Attitude, Awareness, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Daniel Spogen, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Reform
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Legal Reform Needs More Than Law Firm Innovation
In 2009, a virtual law firm named Clearspire emerged onto the legal scene with the plan to provide clients an alternative to BigLaw. Clearspire touted high-end attorneys at lower hourly rates by eliminating physical law offices and partner profits, and … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Clearspire, Clients, Judges, Law Firm, Legal, Legal Reform, News, Virtual Law Firm
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Can Judges Reduce Litigation Costs?
It’s a familiar scenario – a lawsuit on the evening of trial suddenly settles after years of litigation and seemingly innumerable dollars spent preparing the case. Most clients wonder whether anything could have been done along the way to settle the case earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Reform
Tagged Clients, E-discovery, Judges, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Reform, Litigation, Patrick Lamb, Project management
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Should Clients Start Acting Like Consumers?
On this blog, we often refer to clients as legal consumers. Clients who are paying for services provided by attorneys are consumers of legal services. Hence the term “legal consumers.” Inherent in that terminology is the concept that the legal industry is … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Advice, Attitude, Attorneys, Awareness, Chris Hobbs, Clients, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer
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