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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Communication with a client is probably the most important aspect of the attorney-client relationship. But lawyers often forget that communication about their clients may become discoverable in a malpractice…
Shortly after graduation from law school—and sometimes before—it will become apparent to you as a prospective attorney that in order to begin practicing law and paying your student…
We have represented clients in legal malpractice matters, and defended lawyers in State Bar disciplinary grievance cases, where the alleged negligent advice giving rise to…
Every lawyer has more than one story about a potential client who contacted them, desperate for them to take their case, and it was just…
