Client consent is generally required for everything a lawyer does. But consider the following scenario. You settle a personal injury matter for your client. The…
As we recently discussed, the 2015 ABA study put personal injury cases in first place once again as the practice area generating the most number of…
You work really hard for a client and then the client stops paying or refuses to pay an outstanding bill. Generally, it's been said that a…
When speaking to lawyers about legal malpractice prevention and risk management, we often reference the 2008-2011 American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability:…
There are no guarantees in life or the law; sometimes clients lose their cases and their perception is skewed. When legal matters don't turn out…
In most litigation, lawyers hired under an insurance policy will represent the defense. We sometimes get calls from defendants upset with their lawyers, or have questions…
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…