Beware wayward lawyers: you can no longer have sex with your client’s wife in South Carolina. Does anyone else hear strains of a banjo in the background?

Here’s my point: stop turning every bad business decision into a conspiracy claim. Enough is enough. Based on an anecdotal review of recent civil actions, it is as if the mafia is threatening to break an arm on every business transaction. Simply stated, contracts may be breached, but

From the “Adult Gigs” Section of Craigslist: “Loop law firm looking to hire am [sic] energetic woman for their open secretary/legal assistant position. Duties will include general secretarial work, some paralegal work and

It is cold comfort to lawyers that at least their numbers have not sunk to the level of Congress, which has fallen to below 20% approval in some polling. Still, with the persistence of lawyer jokes, it is well recognized that lawyer bashing is by no means a new phenomenon. Take the following passage from [...]

Just coming off talking about the legal ethics of social media. Yah, before you say, “boring,” I offer a link to a pretty insightful presentation, which I had no part in producing. And, now, you are thinking things are looking up! Granted, I do not pretend to be a true convert. I am new to [...]

Looking at her e-mail message from Don, Juanita realizes that he is asking for her to represent him in a professional liability action. Sighing, Juanita thinks to herself that she is having another “they sure didn’t teach you this in law school” moment. Handling the litigation is, of course, not the problem. Instead, Juanita wonders [...]

As previously reported, proposed amendments in Virginia to the Rules of Professional Conduct that govern lawyer advertising and communications by lawyers with prospective clients would prohibit in-person solicitation in all matters, not just those involving personal injury cases. While I was, and remain, critical of such a change, a decision by the U.S. Court of [...]

Proposed amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct that govern lawyer advertising and communications by lawyers with prospective clients would prohibit in-person solicitation in all matters, not just those involving personal injury cases. The change is premised (presumably), in part, on the notion expressed in proposed Comment 1 to Rule 7.3 that “A person in [...]

So you are a fifteen-year associate at a law firm with apparently limited future prospects. What would you do? How about plotting your leave by copying client files, have your girlfriend hack into the firm’s computer system and change client contact information. Oh, and then falsely tell clients that the partner is retiring from the [...]

Welcome. As a long time litigator, head of our firm’s Business & Professional Litigation practice group and an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond, I have a chance to see the legal system in action as well as lawyers at all levels of experience work within the system. I’ve learned some lessons and have [...]