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 How Can Records Searches Help You Vet Clients? 

LawTechnologyToday

One best practice is to have a well-defined intake process using thorough due diligence to vet clients. As part of your due diligence, you will initially want to interview your law firm’s prospect ive clients to learn more about them and their reason s for seeking counsel.

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How Records Searches Help You Vet Clients

LawTechnologyToday

One best practice is to have a well-defined intake process using thorough due diligence to vet clients. If the matter involves specific relationships to other individuals, as is the case in divorce and estate proceedings, you will need to verify these relationships. However, not all prospects are worth representing.

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Finding of conversion and fraudulent concealment affirmed where brother signed sister’s name on check

Day on Torts

When defendant and his wife were later divorcing in 2019, the annuity came to light, and the wife informed plaintiff that she had seen a check that appeared to have been endorsed by someone else on her behalf. Based on the evidence, the Court affirmed the ruling that plaintiff “possessed a one-half ownership interest in the annuity funds.”.

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