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Watch out for improper/illegal attorney billing practices

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, ethics, lawyers

December 11, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story looks at billing practices that may violate ethical rules that apply to lawyers across the country. Before reading further, if you have hired an attorney recently or in the past few years and still have the paperwork,...

BizCounsel Promises Affordable Access to Legal Services for Business

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, business, contracts, debt collection, lawyers

June 7, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver  BizCounsel Promises Affordable Access to Legal Services for Business “I just read your article, ‘Golden Rules for Going into Business for Yourself.’ You must have been a fly on the wall in our house when I had the identical discussion...

A dose of rotten legal advice revealed in secret recording

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, divorce, ethics, lawyers

September 14, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver It is legal for a lawyer to secretly record a conversation with clients? How about a client, or a client’s friend, making the recording and not informing the lawyer? If you’re thinking, “President Trump and his former lawyer,...

Huge risks to mom and pop landlord in California

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, investment, landlord/tenant, real estate

August 17, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver “We are high school teachers and will retire next year. Our accountant warned, “As California’s pension obligations are badly underfunded, consider an additional revenue source, such as becoming landlords and buying a small, single...

Are you represented by an addicted lawyer?

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, complaint, consumer, drug use, lawyers

December 1, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver     Regardless of what area of law an attorney specializes in, this is a high-stress occupation. Law is a “people” business; people and problems, often of their own creation, many expecting the attorney to “fix” it with one phone...

A lawsuit filed without legal basis damages

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, background checks, consumer, lawyers, warranty

November 17, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver     
 Before a lawyer files a lawsuit, there has to be a justifiable, legal reason to do so. Picture yourself as the client in this situation: An attorney you have been referred to is aware that no provable, underlying reason to...
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