by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees
June 12, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week, we told you about a reader whose brother-in-law was killed in a roll-over auto accident caused by a friend from work who apparently fell asleep at the wheel. There is $500,000 of insurance available...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers
March 29, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver While one of the pre-requisites for becoming a lawyer isn’t having a good sense of humor, if you ask Aaron Shechet and his wife, Leigh Chandler, these Los Angeles based attorneys will tell you that it should be. “Especially,” as...
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...
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...
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...