Tag Archives: Legal Consumer

Finally . . . A Legal Reality Show!

Posted on March 13, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

For some time we have been lamenting around the water cooler that there is no reality show to educate legal consumers by showcasing different legal situations and ways to resolve them, much like the show The Doctors.  What a great resource … Continue reading →

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Legal Consumer Tip #6 – Contract Terms Are Binding

Posted on March 7, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

Read all contract terms — you will be bound to them. While this oft-stated advice seems simple enough, many legal consumers don’t read all contract terms before signing, and even fewer stop to think about how the terms will play … Continue reading →

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Council for Court Excellence – A Great Resource for Legal Consumers

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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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Law Firm Refunds Fees . . . Voluntarily!

Posted on February 13, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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 →

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Attorney Tip #5 – Talk Like A Lawyer

Posted on January 30, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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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Manhattan Judge Rules For The Legal Consumer – Again!

Posted on January 23, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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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The End Of An Era?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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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LPR’s Seminar . . . The Reviews Are In!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by The Legal Reformer

Elisa Eisenberg, LPR’s founder and CEO, conducted a seminar on November 13, 2013 for Live and Learn Bethesda‘s “lunch and learn” series titled Need A Lawyer? How to Navigate the Attorney/Client Relationship.  The seminar focused on five topics: How to decide … Continue reading →

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“Setting Your Expectations”

Posted on October 4, 2013 by The Legal Reformer

Common sense – one of the legal consumer’s best tools for navigating the attorney client relationship – can be found in the unlikeliest of places, even in a home remodeling magazine: No matter where you are in the home remodeling … Continue reading →

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Is Your Lawyer Guilty Of “Punchbowling”?

Posted on September 26, 2013 by The Legal Reformer

On legalproductivity.com, in an August 19, 2013 post titled, The Worst Business Lawyer Habit: “Punchbowling,” author Mike Moore told the story of an in-house attorney who turned a simple two-page contract to engage outside counsel into “an 8 page single-spaced monstrosity.”  The in-house attorney’s … Continue reading →

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