Making Faces
29 Nov 2010
One of the things a person learns in the practice of law, is that the human capacity for the bizarre is boundless.
This is a phenomenon richly demonstrated in the tale of Paul McCulloch Alexander.
29 Nov 2010
One of the things a person learns in the practice of law, is that the human capacity for the bizarre is boundless.
This is a phenomenon richly demonstrated in the tale of Paul McCulloch Alexander.
8 Nov 2010
This item appeared at Legal Profession Blog.
A Pennsylvania lawyer had his friend, from whom he rented space, prepare a will for a client wherein the lawyer became his client’s residual beneficiary with power of attorney, and made him the client’s joint-account owner with rights of survivorship to 90% of her assets.
That earned him a 5 year suspension from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which accepted the recommendations of its Disciplinary Committee.
2 Nov 2010
The first time I ever heard of this principle was when I read about it at The Australian Professional Liability Blog a few days ago.
Stephen Warne wrote about how a political candidate in an Australian state election took a cheap shot at an opponent who happened to be a very respected barrister.
1 Nov 2010
How far a lawyer can go in advising a client to arrange his affairs to optimize his litigation outcome is not a new question.
Social media does, however, create some added wrinkles.