Help for victims of dishonest lawyers

November 21, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver “There are few things as dangerous to the public as a lawyer seduced by money, and instead of helping clients, rips them off,” Los Angeles-based attorney Lori Meloch firmly maintains. As director of the State Bar of California...

How to be a smart client

February 13, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver The older we become, the more we understand “Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual,” including work, marriage, raising kids, and until recently, hiring a lawyer. As far as hiring a lawyer is concerned, that’s all changed, as...

I know the world is flat – my client told me so

October 01, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver What do you think is the most common mistake that virtually all lawyers have made at one time or another which proved to be embarrassing to the attorney and costly to the client? Here’s a hint: It had...