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…
Regulation of attorney conduct is a critical function of state bar rules and ethical codes, and helps to direct appropriate conduct when real-life situations get…
It’s easy to say, but put clients (past and present) ahead of revenue to stay out of trouble.
In 2011, the GA State Bar changed…
An ABA study on legal malpractice claims from several years ago found that the majority of money paid to plaintiffs involved cases with conflicts of interest. Conflicts allow the fact finder (judge or jury) to award attorneys’ fees, punitive damages and a disgorgement of fees paid to the liable lawyer. Worse yet, these types of damages are usually not covered by a lawyer’s errors and omissions insurance policy.
