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Rules of Endorsement

How do you get the required signatures from your client on settlement checks and other documents?  When and how can you sign for your client?    How do you get the proper signature when the check or document’s here and the client’s there?  Clients sometimes ask to avoid two visits to your office, first to sign… Continue reading Rules of Endorsement

Ethics, Practice Management

Name Changes!

When a lawyer changes her or his name, most commonly due to marriage or divorce, which name should she or he use for professional purposes?  Can the lawyer use both names?  Name changes often generate questions for lawyers, particularly solo practitioners who have much invested in the name under which they have been practicing.  So… Continue reading Name Changes!

Technology

ABA TECHSHOW 2015 – Next Month in Chicago!

If you don't already have your registration confirmation for this year's ABA TECHSHOW, then you need to hurry and sign up! I truly enjoyed leading the conference on last year, and having the opportunity to make it a record-breaking year for the ABA Law Practice Division's program.  But, I am just as excited about this year.… Continue reading ABA TECHSHOW 2015 – Next Month in Chicago!

Practice Management, Technology

Top Things for 2015 – That You Might Have Missed in 2014

Start 2015 with a review of all of your advertising materials to make sure that they are in compliance with the revised Rule 7.2 which became effective in March 2014.  The most common problem we’ve seen is the failure to include the lawyer or firm’s address in advertising.  Please be aware that the requirements of… Continue reading Top Things for 2015 – That You Might Have Missed in 2014

Practice Management

More State Bar Benefits!!!

A few posts ago, we discussed some of the main or more well-known member benefits for Georgia lawyers.  That list was not exhaustive, and because we haven't posted in a while, we wanted to share a couple more with you. (Actually, we kept the last post up for a long time because it is very, very important!… Continue reading More State Bar Benefits!!!