Published on July 25, 2016, the State Bar of Georgia's Formal Advisory Opinion 16-1 addresses the following question:
Does the obligation of confidentiality described in Rule…
Chandler Law recently continued its presentations on ethics and malpractice risk avoidance by presenting to the Glynn County Bar Association. Douglas Chandler presented along with…
Douglas Chandler of the malpractice and disciplinary defense firm Chandler Law presented at the 2016 Nuts and Bolts of Family Law Seminar in Savannah, Georgia,…
At a recent seminar, Douglas Chandler asked if any of the attendees knew that Rule 1.4 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct had been…
Presentation: Professional Liability and Bar Complaints: Preventing, Covering, and Resolving Issues
Douglas Chandler of Chandler Law and Ed Alden of Alden & Associates presented at…
Divorce lawyers have a tough job. They are basically trying to make the best out of the worst situations. Of course, sometimes lawyers drop the ball and…
Under the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.8, certain kinds of transactions with clients are prohibited to lawyers. One of those, generally speaking, is providing…
Is your lawyer always putting you into voicemail? Or forwarding you to his paralegal?
Most people never have more than one personal injury case. So, they…
will drafting and serving as an executor: is it ethical?
Susan comes to Lawyer's office looking for help in establishing an estate plan. Lawyer agrees to draft her will…
Like most professions, lawyers change firms regularly. But because lawyers owe ethical duties to their clients, there's much more to leaving than just moving out personal belongings.…