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Do you have what it takes to become a lawyer?

by Dennis Beaver | education, law school, lawyers

February 26, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver If you are in college and about to apply to law school, or have been out in the working world, tired of your job, and considering a legal career, today’s story could help save you from a bad decision, “As there is so much about the...

Doctor, the California State Bar is not your friend

by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, medicine

October 20, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Last week we began our look at medical liens — the way in which M.D., chiropractic or other health care services can be obtained where the patient has been injured in an accident, but has no health or auto...

Doing your own divorce isn’t advisable

by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law, lawyers

December 13, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Santa Maria family law attorney Bob McDermott has a stern warning for anyone planning on doing their own divorce: “Understand the risks and be aware of your rights and responsibilities. For someone unfamiliar with the law and legal...

Escape from the planet of the lawyers

by Dennis Beaver | lawyers, parenting, workplace

March 12, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver  Anne buzzed me: “A 13 year-old reader is calling from Chicago. He is worried about his father who is an attorney.” Seconds later I was speaking with “Timmy.” “Mr. Beaver, my father, Hal, is a lawyer and is so sad all the time. He...

Families, Business and the Coronavirus- If the Unimaginable Happens

by Dennis Beaver | family law, lawyers, medicine, power of attorney, senior care

March 20, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver The stock market has recently been in a free-fall. America has not experienced this level of fear since the days of the polio epidemic, which, at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s would paralyze or kill over half a million people...

Five Things to Notice in Your Lawyer’s Bill

by Dennis Beaver | accounting, financial, lawyers

March 5, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver A recent article, Overbilled by Your Lawyer? You’re Not Alone, told the story of a lawyer whose firm touted expertise that she didn’t yet have and billed for time that she didn’t work. That story led to an e-mail captioned “Bravo” from...
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