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Seven Ways to Be an Absolute Jerk as a Lawyer

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, communication, consumer, lawyers

December 3, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver “Law is adversarial. Many lawyers have type-A personalities, feeling they just have to win, and some feel they will increase their chances of success by being absolute jerks to opposing counsel. Nothing could be further from the...

Overbilled by your lawyer? You are not alone

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, background checks, lawyers

January 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver As a great deal of the work lawyers do takes place out of sight. This permits bill padding – charging for work that was never done or at an outrageous and unconscionable rate. Estimates of fraudulent billing run from 21% to over...

Succession issues, religion, face family business

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...

Keep these guidelines in mind when hiring an attorney

by Dennis Beaver | annuity, attorney, attorney fees, lawyers, settlement

December 17, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver 
 Friends of this column, Brian Kabateck of Kabateck LLP, and his partner Shant Karnikian have earned a nationwide reputation as among the most successful plaintiff’s lawyers handling cases on behalf of consumers against...

Starting or changing the mission statement of a charity?

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, charity, education

October 29, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver 
 We recently hired “Roger,” who is a partner in a large law firm, to handle our small, educational foundation. His firm’s website and LinkedIn states that he has a Master’s in Taxation and represents charities and tax exempt...

When chiropractors and lawyers must say ‘no’

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, doctor, insurance, lawyers, medicine

October 15, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver 
 Today’s story will be of special interest to both chiropractors and personal injury lawyers who have recently started their own practice and are tempted to accept just about anyone who has been in an auto accident. “This can be a...
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