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Why a Law Firm Secretly Recording Client Conversations Is Wrong (and Illegal)

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, attorney client privilege, clients, consent, employees, lawyers, video

May 20, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver When you meet with your attorney and paralegal, the one thing that you can count on and don’t even give a second thought to is that your conversation will be confidential. Indeed, the attorney-client privilege — confidentiality of...

His Employees Don’t Work ‘For’ Him, But ‘With’ Him

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, business, dui - drunk driving, employees, lawyers

April 8, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, your recent story about the employer who recommended a personal injury law firm to his employees because he liked the firm’s television ads hit a nerve with me. I am involved in something similar that I would like to...

Insurance Bad Faith After Natural Disasters: What to Know

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, bad faith claims, earthquake insurance, homeowner's insurance, insurance, insurance claim, property damage

February 4, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver The recent wildfires in Southern California and natural disasters elsewhere in the country have left thousands of people grappling with enormous loss — and the complex insurance claims process that follows. Insurance companies owe a...

One Cure for Legal Headaches: The Advice of Outside Counsel

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, lawsuit, Outside Counsel

December 10, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “When we read about mayors, CEOs of major corporations and ministers of megachurches getting in conflict-of-interest financial or personal trouble, history has proven there is often a common denominator,” observes attorney Steven...

Can a Judge Tell a Father to Avoid Risky Triathlons for His Sons?

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, divorce, family law, judges, marriage

November 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver How deeply into the daily lives of couples should family law judges venture? That was the ultimate question from a reader in a situation that, despite “living” in divorce court for many years, I had never been asked. For anyone...

The bar exam is still relevant and important

by Dennis Beaver | attorney, bar exam, education, employment, lawyers

August 23, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Ask any lawyer what one exam gave them nightmares years after graduating law school you will almost always hear, “the bar examination.” It is generally viewed as the most difficult exam a law graduate will ever take. Pass it, and you...
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