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Slain lawyer was shot and his law office set on fire; divorce client was wife of suspect

ABA Journal

A lawyer who practiced family law in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was found dead with gunshot wounds Wednesday by emergency personnel responding to a fire at his…

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2023 is the Year of New Consumer Rights

Diane Drain

Drain, P.A., Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer.

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Norman Harris: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

My siblings and I were born and raised in rural Georgia in a small town named Manchester. I dreamed big in a small place and challenged myself to set my mind to become a lawyer, even though there were no other lawyers in my family and no African American lawyers in the small town of Manchester, Georgia. Do you work remotely?

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

SCOTUSBlog

Thomas has taken law-office history to a new low, even for the Supreme Court, a body whose special brand of “law chambers history” has prompted multiple critiques and been a source of amusement for generations of scholars and court watchers.

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This Was Not Your Grandparents’ ABA TECHSHOW

LawSites

Other members of the board were Heidi Barcus, shareholder at Lewis Thomason; Kenton Brice, d irector of technology innovation at the University of Oklahoma College of Law; Nkoyo-Ene Effiong, director of the Law Practice Management Program for the State Bar of Georgia; Carolyn Elefant, owner of Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant and publisher of MyShingle.com; (..)

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5 Things Lawyers Need Paralegals to Do

How To Become A Paralegal

Yet, I’ve also provided virtual paralegal services and worked in a traditional law office. Megan Zavieh runs Zavieh Law. She’s licensed to practice law in several states, including California and Georgia. Recently, I sat down (virtually!)

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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

Rick DeMedeiros , the Founder of DeMedeiros Injury Law , is a workers’ compensation lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia, a certified mediator, and a YouTuber who recently started his own channel called, The Work Comp Guy. Is success in the law dependent on going to a top-tier school? – Chere Estrin. Absolutely not. Ok, fantastic.

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