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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...

Summer law clerk discovers improper billing

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...

Take the wrong case and run up a huge bill

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

June 16, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Look in the attorneys section of most any Yellow Pages — or the Internet — and you’ll find full-page ads for lawyers who specialize in personal injury cases, describing millions of dollars “won” for clients and...

The attorney fees I charge you are non-refundable (The Tooth Fairy told me it’s legal)

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

March 15, 2014   •  By Dennis Beaver “There probably isn’t a lawyer who hasn’t heard the famous Greed is Good speech recited by actor Michael Douglas, playing corporate raider Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street,” observes Los Angeles-based attorney...

The Billable Hour Is on Life Support: How AI Is Killing the Clock

by Dennis Beaver | AI, AI - Artificial Intelligence, attorney fees, lawyers, mediation

A brush with cancer led this attorney to develop an AI entrepreneurship platform that saves time for professionals who bill by the hour and money for their clients — and it all began with sourdough bread. July 27, 2026  • By Dennis Beaver If you are being billed by...

The glut of lawyers is making victims of their clients

by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, lawyers

February 16, 2013  • By Dennis Beaver Suppose that medical science found cures for the major diseases and conditions which have haunted mankind forever. Let’s also assume at the same time, more medical schools were being opened across the country, with these schools...
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