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Tag Archives: Lawyers
Are “Super Lawyers” Really Super?
We’ve all seen those advertisements naming “Super Lawyers,” “Rising Stars,” “Best Lawyers” and other top lawyer lists. But what do those designations really mean? Are the attorneys on those lists really the best? The short answer is sometime yes . … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Best Lawyers, Caveat Emptor, Lawyer Advertising, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Practices, Rising Stars, Super Lawyers
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It’s National Love Your Lawyer Day!
The American Lawyers Public Image Association (ALPIA) announced in a press release that November 6, 2015 is National Love Your Lawyer Day and to commemorate the occasion, ALPIA is asking the public to cease lawyer jokes and bashing for the … Continue reading
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Tagged ALPIA, Client-Side Manner, Judges, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Ethics, Legal Practices, National Love Your Lawyer Day
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Limited License Legal Technicians
In 2012, the Supreme Court of Washington state enacted a rule allowing non-lawyers to practice law in a limited capacity after specialized training. According to a March 13, 2015 Washington Post article titled Who says you need a law degree to practice law?, … Continue reading
What Happens To Lawyers When They Miss Death Row Deadlines? Apparently Nothing
On November 16, 2014, The Washington Post ran an article written by Ken Armstrong for The Marshall Project titled When Lawyers Stumble, Only Their Clients Fall, about when court-appointed lawyers miss deadlines for filing death-penalty habeas corpus appeals. Federal habeas corpus appeals typically occur after … Continue reading
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Tagged Attorney Misconduct, Death Row, Eric Holder, Justice, Ken Armstrong, Lawyers, Legal, The Marshall Project, The Washington Post
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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
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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
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Tagged Attitude, Awareness, Client-Side Manner, Clients, Daniel Spogen, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Reform
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“When Judges Err”
When judges realize their written opinion contains a mistake, should they publicly acknowledge the mistake and the correction? U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz answered that question in the affirmative in his recent essay for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Judge Andrew Hurwitz, Judges, Justice, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform, Litigation
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It’s Not Just The Lawyers And Judges . . .
When we blog about the legal system needing reform, we tend to focus on issues involving lawyers and judges, but the whole system needs reform. Illustrating this is the revocation of a New Jersey psychologist’s license after being found to have influenced … Continue reading
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Tagged Conflict of Interest, Disciplinary Action, Judges, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Reform, Litigation, Marsha Kleinman, News
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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
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Tagged Clients, E-discovery, Judges, Lawsuit, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Reform, Litigation, Patrick Lamb, Project management
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One Judge’s Take on “The Secret Life of Judges” and Judicial Bias
In 2006, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Dennis Jacobs delivered a lecture at Fordham Law School titled “The Secret Life of Judges.” In his lecture, Judge Jacobs described “the judicial mentality,” as “a habit … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Jacobs, Judges, Judicial Bias, Justice, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, Self-Regulation, The Secret Life of Judges
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