Saying that client fee suits are a leading malpractice claims cause might be a little misleading. Underlying reasons for the payment issues may be the cause. Studies suggest that client fee suits cause 33% of the malpractice claims. Law firms that carry large percentages of over 90 days past due receivables are firms that tend to have problems trying to collect the past due amounts. The underlying problem opens the firm up to attorney malpractice claims and bar complaints. By taking the follow...

Essential Business Skills for Busy Lawyers Part 1 – Communicate Like A Pro   When our interactions with other humans are meaningful and productive, we are not only more personally fulfilled, but we are also more professionally effective. In 2024, there is a heightened sense of feeling unheard, undervalued, and disconnected. Emotions are erupting. Clients and counsel seem to entrench in unreasonable and irrational positions. This presentation will offer specific tools and strategie...

Pleased to announce the eleventh episode of our podcast, RiskyRecords!   RiskyRecords is a video podcast that discusses risk management topics for accounting firms with special guests from the legal, accounting, and insurance professions. We close the conversation by pulling a vinyl record from Stephen Vono’s collection and discussing it briefly for a trip down musical memory lane! EPISODE 11 In This episode, RiskyRecords guest John Pastore, a Registered Investment Advisor ...

Attorney Protective Provides Sample letters and forms for your practice CLICK HERE TO ACCESSS SAMPLE FORMS   This document should not be construed as legal advice. Because the facts applicable to your situation may vary, or the laws applicable in your jurisdiction may differ, please contact your attorney or other professional advisors if you have any questions related to your legal or medical obligations or rights, state or federal laws, contract interpretation, or other legal questi...

Not It! How to Effectively Screen Potential Clients Remember when you started a game of tag as a kid and had to decide who was “it”? Of course, the only way to do this was to say “not it!” when someone started the quick 1-2-3 countdown. Although you may be eager to “play” and accept representation, effective client screening may save you from an unpleasant attorney-client relationship or even a malpractice claim. To avoid becoming “it” for that ...