LawSites

MAY 25, 2021

Will remote depositions disappear as legal professionals emerge from the pandemic? Not according to a recent survey by the court reporting company Esquire Deposition Solutions , which found that 78% of attorneys plan to continue conducting up to half their depositions virtually in a post-pandemic world.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Most solo and small firm lawyers are fully familiar with the dilemma Overture aims to resolve. You want to help the client to maintain that relationship, but you do not know another lawyer who fits the bill well enough to confidently make a referral.

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Law 360

JULY 24, 2023

A group of Siri users suing Apple over privacy concerns said the company and its DLA Piper LLP attorney should be sanctioned for the lawyer's "unnerving" and "aggressive" conduct during a deposition earlier this month, although a California federal judge tossed the consumers' motion Monday because it failed to comply with local filing rules.

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LawSites

MAY 23, 2023

Financing Deposition Costs As I wrote about Steno in 2020 , Los Angeles lawyer Dylan Ruga , a former Steptoe & Johnson partner who founded his own plaintiffs’ litigation firm in 2016, first conceived of the company as a vehicle for financing deposition costs. ”

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account, commonly called IOLTA, is one of the most valuable tools for expanding legal representation to appear in recent decades. But IOLTA management can present a major challenge for lawyers, particularly those in solo practice or small firms. Common Mistakes Lawyers Make in IOLTA Management.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? I started the process, then went to work for a law firm and a team of lawyers that had me sitting second chair at trials, and they paid me very well. After graduating from law school, Sarah worked as an attorney at Georgia Pacific.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As a lawyer, I have learned that effective presence is an equal companion to competence, character, compassion and courage. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Did you want to be an attorney “when you grew up”? You are a successful attorney.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Law students and young lawyers often ask more seasoned lawyers what it takes to be a great lawyer. Being intellectually curious is a skill that can easily set baby lawyers apart from their contemporaries. This Common Faulty Presumption Can Stunt Your Growth as a New Lawyer. Demonstrate Your Curiosity.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 13, 2021

One of the most pernicious myths for young lawyers is that someone will teach you everything you need to know about practicing law, and as long as you keep your head down and “do what you’re supposed to,” success will come. That someone could be your law school, your law firm, or a supervising or mentoring attorney.

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Law 360

APRIL 9, 2024

A Los Angeles man suing Elon Musk for defamation has asked a Texas court to sanction Musk's attorney, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Alex Spiro, arguing that the lawyer showed up "unannounced" to defend Musk in a deposition despite lacking permission to practice law there.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

And, it’s not just about lawyers (especially the next wave of attorneys, young lawyers) wanting flexibility; it’s more about clients and leads wanting it. And, if you need to meet in-person with a client, coworking spaces, or borrowing spaces from attorneys who do maintain traditional office space , are both viable options.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Trust accounting mistakes strike fear in the hearts of well-intentioned lawyers. If a client deposits $3,000 into your trust account, they need to have a $3,000 credit in your trust account. Instead, the $3,000 should be deposited in your trust account, and any processing fee should be deducted from your operating account.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

People aren’t used to this — especially from lawyers. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? Did you want to be an attorney “when you grew up”?

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MyCase

AUGUST 3, 2022

Even if we spoke about lawyers just starting their practice, a spreadsheet is not a good idea — neither for case management nor accounting. There will be a column for the retainer deposits, a column for client expenses, and a column for legal services on those separate pages. The lawyers tend to tally this across the pages.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A former Wells Fargo investment director urged a North Carolina federal judge to reject the financial giant's bid to prevent his attorney from questioning his former supervisor, arguing the bank is purposely misrepresenting the lawyer's previous interaction with the manager in order to harass him.

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CosmoLex

JANUARY 10, 2024

Nearly every lawyer will be responsible for holding onto client funds at some point in their careers, so it’s important to stay current on how to do it right. The No. When an attorney is holding the money in a trust account, that money doesn’t belong to the attorney (or their law firm). 1 thing to remember?

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2022

In an exclusive report to German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, prosecutors from the Attorney General’s office said they found no evidence that Scholz aided or abetted anyone involved in Germany’s cum-ex scandal. German prosecutors Tuesday declined to investigate German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his involvement in a tax scandal.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 8, 2022

When it comes to reaching the partners, empathy, relationship-building and a customer-service mindset are key ingredients for young lawyers. This ingredient catches most young lawyers off guard. A partner-associate relationship can be transactional, just like an attorney-client relationship. Lead With Empathy.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether your retirement is around the corner or further down the road, retirement for lawyers requires extensive preparation. There are certain lawyer retirement rules and regulation requirements you’ll need to follow—and they vary from state to state. . When Do Lawyers Retire? Is There a Mandatory Retirement Age for Lawyers?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. For one, legal assistants focus solely on administrative work, clearing up time for lawyers to focus on other tasks.

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LawTechnologyToday

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In this article, we’ll share a few examples of sample billing language for attorneys that can help reduce late and non-payments to make sure you get paid for your hard work. . Updating Your Attorney Fee Agreement. You can download a free sample attorney fee contract here. . Promise to Pay Provision.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 28, 2022

It’s been said (often) that lawyers were genteel, professional, and respectful of their colleagues and opposing counsel in the past. Intimidation, shabby lawyering, “over-papering” and arrogance seem to run rampant. In some cases, judges have even ordered civility training for lawyers. During a Deposition.

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

After all, in many countries, there are already paralegal businesses that provide services that may appear to everybody to be comparable to those provided by an attorney. So, what’s the distinction between a lawyer and a paralegal? The difference between a lawyer and a paralegal . Which the lawyer obviously lacks.

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MyCase

MAY 9, 2023

For lawyers, it’s crucial to understand these technologies, their benefits, applications, and risks when considering whether to use them in your practice. Why Lawyers Should Learn About AI and ChatGPT Generative AI is already being used in the legal profession despite having been launched only a few months ago at the end of 2022.

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LawTechnologyToday

AUGUST 27, 2021

August’s edition focused on finance, with technology topics ranging from processing payments to virtual depositions. Here are some highlights from the issue: “ Litigators Say Virtual Depositions Are Here to Stay ” by Judith Kunreuther. Most lawyers agree that remote depositions are here to stay.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 31, 2021

“A person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.” ( American Bar Association ) This is an awesome definition of a Paralegal.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Freedman Normand Friedland LLP has asked a California federal judge to set limits on an upcoming deposition it faces from the crypto company Dfinity, saying the company is seeking privileged attorney-client communications from the law firm stemming from its previous association with the lawyer Kyle Roche, as well as cryptocurrency wallet addresses (..)

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Attorney at Work

MAY 22, 2022

That changed as larger firms adopted standard-size offices, open floor plans and clustered workstations, and a growing cadre of lawyers — particularly solo practitioners — moved to shared offices. Professional deposition rooms. The post Five Things to Look for in Shared Office Space appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

Dean Whalen, Chief Legal Officer of Readback, a new AI-assisted deposition court reporting platform, explains how AI-assisted court reporting addresses the stenographer talent crunch — with added benefits. AI-assisted court reporting replaces the steno machine to provide quicker, more accurate transcripts of depositions — a 98.5%

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Leave missed deadlines and forgotten tasks behind with CARET Legal Workflows Routine Tasks Perfect for Automation Every attorney at every law firm has a set of repetitive activities they execute on a daily/weekly basis. Family Law Firms: Divorce In family law firms , handling a client’s divorce is a common attorney task.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Lawyer flat fee billing can be tricky. ANSWER: While most lawyers and clients are accustomed to the traditional billable hour, other pricing options do exist. Table of contents What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? What Are Lawyer Flat Fees? These include fixed fees, alternative fee structures, and contingency fees, among others.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

That process may seem a little time-consuming but if all you do is skim the complaint and the answer, and you have a few talks with the attorney in charge, you’re not going to know everything that you need to know to proactively manage those cases and to stay on top of them. You’ll just have an overview.

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LDA PRO

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Paralegals can perform every legal task as that of a lawyer till the point the government limits their allowance. Traditional paralegals are those who work under the supervision or administration of a lawyer or a law firm. Non-traditional paralegals work for lawyers outside a law firm. Freelance paralegals.

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LawSites

MARCH 1, 2023

After all, this is the company that had already launched the powerful neural net search technology AllSearch and that had pioneered products such as Compose , to help lawyers draft litigation briefs, and, in 2016 , CARA, the first product to use AI to analyze briefs. Prepare for a deposition. Review documents. Legal research memo.

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InHouseBlog

JULY 20, 2021

Many successful lawyers embrace this concept, while others are stuck in a nose-down rut trying to put out fires all day without taking time to embrace continual learning. “No lawyer should assume their education is over at any point in their career — and certainly not upon graduation from law school.

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MyCase

APRIL 24, 2024

Lawyers who have opted not to use GAI cited three primary concerns: They need to learn more about the technology, they have ethical concerns, or they don’t trust AI outputs. Still, the efficiency benefits of AI software for lawyers are compelling. This guide covers the basics of ChatGPT for lawyers.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 15, 2022

For solo and small firm lawyers, that can mean many things. One of my attorney-clients begins the new year by revisiting her retainer agreement and reading the evidence code cover to cover. Here are my top five spring cleanups for solo lawyers. You may want to include an automatic replenishment of the deposits on credit cards.

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