I'm not talking
about those lawyers who treated their clients casually, failed to return phone calls, or truly caused their clients harm through negative actions or omissions.
Based what's returned, a consumer might learn
more about your lawyers on your website or check other reviews of your firm via a social media platform.
I'm
talking about lawyers who, despite their best efforts, just couldn't deliver what the client wanted or expected.
In fact, we've run many stories
about lawyers in towns across the country who want to retire but can't because they can't find anyone to take over their practices.
For
complaints about lawyer negligence (saying that your lawyer has made a mistake) or your lawyer's fee, see the sections on Fee disputes and negligence.
For the person receiving the benefit of the mentoring, sure — but
what about the lawyer giving of their time and expertise to a potential new competitor?
To be clear, when I
write about lawyer - coaches providing both advice, and assisting clients by using coaching questions, both would be in a professional capacity i.e. as their lawyer.
The names and titles of your firm's attorneys — Potential clients want to
know about the lawyers behind your firm.
I'm not talking
about these lawyers doing more pro bono work themselves — their resources are limited and it would be unreasonable to ask them to do more in that way.
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I received such great feedback that I decided to start regularly
posting about lawyers who leave the law and successfully move on to doing amazing things.
In
just about every lawyer I have worked with, low motivation and poor time management were rarely contributing factors.
But at least they don't have to
worry about lawyers over the age of 65 — they, apparently, are excluded from protection under the new regulations.
For that reason, I am always shocked to
hear about a lawyer doing something that most lawyers consider bad manners or bad business.
These internal processes should provide a means for firm members, whether partners, associates and support staff, to safely raise
concerns about a lawyer whose competence appears to be in question.
While the priority is the client, succession planning is just as
much about a lawyer's success in retirement as it is about success in practice, relying largely upon relationships.
With law firm regulation, there is a real chance that we can reduce the number of complaints that the public
make about lawyers.
For more useful
statistics about lawyers use of mobile law firm management tools, take a look at the entire infographic below.
Legal delivery is not simply
about lawyers anymore, and «just knowing the law» is an insufficient toolkit for lawyers to function effectively in the new legal marketplace.
We hear stories from our
clients about lawyers who engage in discovery for discovery's sake and then panic if a matter is not resolved before trial.
Many state bar associations have issued ethics opinions
about lawyers using or recommending litigation financing companies.
These tools allow collecting important
details about lawyers and matters, offer flexible reporting, integrate with other law firm systems, and have simple - to - use interfaces.
Hiring a business coach to learn
about lawyer marketing is like using a hammer to drill a hole in a piece of wood.
Your question raises a really interesting
point about lawyers and other legal workers who take a significant leave.
Also
ask about your lawyer's support staff, who your case manager will be, if you'll work with a paralegal, and how many other clients they handle.
We've all heard the
jokes about lawyers, there are probably as many of them as there are jokes about ministers of different religions walking into bars together.
Your answers to the following eleven questions can be used to form the basis for constructive
discussions about lawyer compensation.
An engaging and thoughtful
drama about a lawyer who has lost his true love and his efforts to find closure.
Interesting thought
about lawyers working in pairs... but exactly how do we pay for the inevitable doubling of costs?