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Widow’s Estate Ordered To Pay Lawyers $44 Million For Five Months Work

Posted on November 1, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

New York’s highest court ruled this past Tuesday that the Estate of Alice Lawrence must pay Manhattan law firm Graubard Miller $44 million in contingency fees as a result of a $111 million settlement reached five months after the dispute … Continue reading →

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OASIS Seminar Reviews Are In!

Posted on October 25, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

Elisa Eisenberg, LPR’s founder and CEO, conducted a seminar on September 30, 2014 for Washington Metropolitan OASIS titled Need A Lawyer? How to Navigate the Attorney/Client Relationship.  LPR was encouraged to learn that the participants found the seminar helpful and informative: “Gave a … Continue reading →

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Legal Education for Legal Consumers?

Posted on October 18, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

We have suggested in many of our posts that legal consumers should educate themselves on the law in an effort to level the playing field with their attorneys and the legal system. But short of applying to law school, how … Continue reading →

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Legal Consumer Tip #8 – McElhaney on Litigation

Posted on October 10, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

We’ve blogged before about certain of Jim McElhaney’s articles for the ABA Journal and about self-help resources for legal consumers.  After reading many of the almost 100 articles Mr. McElhaney wrote, we believe that his “advice”  for lawyers also qualifies … Continue reading →

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Attorney Tip #10 . . . Legal Consumer Tip # 7 – Better Brief Writing

Posted on October 4, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

Last week we posted a tip for attorneys about brief writing.  This week, we stumbled upon an article by Bryan Garner providing tips for “better” brief writing.  On October 1, 2014, Mr. Garner wrote an article for lawyers in the ABA Journal titled, … Continue reading →

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Attorney Tip #9 – Brief Writing

Posted on September 27, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

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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Attorney Tip #8 – Tread Lightly

Posted on September 19, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

What do you do when a client posts a negative review on Yelp, Avvo, Martindale Hubbell or another review website?  Do you shoot off a response?  Do you provide your side of the story?  Given what’s at stake, you should … Continue reading →

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US Department of Justice’s New Elder Justice Initiative

Posted on September 12, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

One of LPR’s followers alerted us to the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently launched Elder Justice Initiative.  The DOJ’s Elder Justice Website seeks to help elder abuse victims and their families learn about and report abuse. [T]he United States … Continue reading →

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LPR Seminar on September 30, 2014

Posted on September 5, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

Elisa Eisenberg, Founder and CEO of Center for Legal Practice Reform (LPR), will be giving a seminar for Washington Metropolitan OASIS, titled Need A Lawyer? How to Navigate the Attorney/Client Relationship.  The seminar will take place on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from … Continue reading →

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ABA Survey on Self-Help Centers

Posted on August 29, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

On August 22, 2014, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services published a report titled The Self-Help Center Census: A National Survey addressing the usefulness of the country’s approximately 500 centers that help those representing themselves … Continue reading →

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