by Dennis Beaver | annuity, financial, medical care, settlement
November 19, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Our son sustained a horrible injury during birth that will require life-long medical care. There will be a large malpractice settlement. Our lawyer strongly recommends a structured settlement annuity, but my financial adviser says...
by Dennis Beaver | annuity, asset protection, investment
November 15, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver
“Three of my employees were involved in a very serious auto accident which will result in a large settlement to provide for future care, loss of income and general compensation. “They are out of a job and will have trouble...
by Dennis Beaver | annuity, settlement
September 18, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Regular readers of this column will recall that I strongly support structured settlement annuities for accident victims. But as you will see, while extremely rare, at times it is not all smooth sailing. If the term “structured...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
June 10, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In a recent article I wrote about Mark, who hired a Bakersfield attorney for representation in a divorce case. Even though he has only been in private practice a few years, his hourly rate was almost $300, and...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, consumer, lawyers
August 25, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I just got my lawyer’s first bill and can’t believe it! If you gave me a choice between being stung by killer bees or this bill, I’d take the bees in a New York minute,” Sacramento reader Daniel’s email read. Attached...
by Dennis Beaver | author, book, ethics
August 21, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver I am not a fan of self-help books for a variety of reasons, one of which is that most just take common sense principles and dress them up as a new discovery. For example, “Want to be thought of as being a responsible person? Show up...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, career, education, law school, lawyers
December 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The HBO comedy-drama Succession has been a powerful impetus for family-owned businesses across America to consider who will take over upon the death or retirement of the owner. That issue is the basis of today’s story, which began...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
July 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver For a law student driven to succeed, summer is no time to kick back. Instead, you want a job as law clerk which, for most is a real eye opener. Working with lawyers, meeting clients — and discovering the enormous time demands — quickly...
by Dennis Beaver | business, ethics, lawyers
October 18, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver
There are few occupations where reputation is so powerful as in the law. If you need to retain a lawyer, you want someone with a reputation for being competent, who deals with clients ethically, honestly and not merely as a cash...
by Dennis Beaver | business, customers, management, retail
October 20, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver Our September 5 article, The Unsung Hero of Aisle 5: A Tale of Forgotten Change and Compassion at the Supermarket, led to many comments from readers across the country, including this email from “Wyatt,” a grocery store...
