by Megan Zavieh | Oct 21, 2019 | ABA Ethics, Attorney, Attorney Client Relationship, Blog, Ethics, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Lawyer, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Small Law Firm, Solo Lawyer, Solo Practice
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on February 27, 2015. The attorney-client relationship is one of varying degrees of collaboration, depending on how involved your client chooses to be, how sophisticated they are in legal...
by Megan Zavieh | Sep 30, 2019 | ABA Ethics, Attorney, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorney Discipline, Blog, Disciplinary Hearings, Ethics, Law Office Management, Lawyer, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Small Law Firm, Solo Lawyer, Solo Practice
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on July 10, 2013. How often do we read a court case where the court says its ruling “is consistent with common sense”? Not often, but it does happen. I stumbled upon such a case...
by Megan Zavieh | Sep 23, 2019 | ABA Ethics, Attorney, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorney Resources, Blog, Cyber Security, Ethics, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Lawyer, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Small Law Firm, Solo Lawyer, Solo Practice, Technology
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on June 12, 2013. With the revealed intel that the U.S. government collected phone and internet usage information from millions of Americans for years, what steps must attorneys take to...
by Megan Zavieh | Sep 18, 2019 | ABA Ethics, Attorney, Attorney Discipline, Attorney Suspension, Blog, Disbarment, Disciplinary Hearings, Ethics, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Lawyer, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Small Law Firm, Solo Lawyer, Solo Practice, State Bar Defense
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on June 4, 2014. Since state bar disciplinary authorities do not always issue statistics on ethics violations, I am hesitant to proclaim this a list of the most-common reasons lawyers find...
by Megan Zavieh | Sep 3, 2019 | ABA Ethics, Attorney, Attorney Discipline, Attorney Resources, Attorney Suspension, Blog, Disbarment, Disciplinary Hearings, Ethics, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Lawyer, Mental Health, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Sanctions, Small Law Firm, Solo Lawyer, State Bar Defense
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on December 6, 2016. John Grisham’s Wally Figg in the book The Litigators; Dustin Hoffman’s Danny Snyder in the movie Sleepers; Benicio Del Toro’s Dr. Gonzo in the movie Fear and Loathing...
by Megan Zavieh | Aug 27, 2019 | Attorney, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorney Discipline, Attorney Resources, Attorney Suspension, Billing, Blog, Disbarment, Disciplinary Hearings, Ethics, Finances, Law Office Management, Law Practice Management, Lawyer, Legal Tech, Practice Management, Professional Conduct for Lawyers, Professional Ethics for Lawyers, Sanctions, Small Law Firm, Social Media, Solo Lawyer, State Bar Defense, Technology
This post was written by Megan Zavieh and originally published on Lawyerist.com on March 5, 2013. Some ethics complaints stem from the substantive practice of law — failing to research and argue well, failing to notify the court of an authority against your client, or...
