By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint Lawyers and law firms are increasingly using blogs, also referred to as “blawgs” along with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, to build their visibility and brand. While blogs do not have…
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Blogger Beware – Lawyer Blogs: Free Speech and Advertising
Tagged with: blawgs, free speech, law bloggers, lawyer advertising, legal blogs, Practice of Law, Rules of Professional Conduct, Social Media Law
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
A Trial Lawyer’s Stutter and the “Give and Take” of Success
By David Walton About a year or so ago, around the same time that the movie The King’s Speech won the Academy Award, I wrote a piece for From The Sidebar regarding an experience I had at trial regarding my…
Tagged with: Adam Grant, David Walton, Give and Take, King's Speech, Practice of Law
Posted in The Practice of Law
Posted in The Practice of Law
Attorney-Client Interview: Innocence, Jail and Canines – Part 3
Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Do You Believe That I’m Innocent? On occasion, some clients desperately insist that their lawyer must believe they are innocent. A tempered response goes something like this: Your innocence is not the standard.…
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Criminal Law, Innocenct, Practice of Law
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Attorney-Client Interview: Practice Points – Part 1 of 3
Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Basics of a Client Interview A lawyer can meet a client in many ways, including a referral by court appointment or in the waiting room of the lawyer’s office. For purposes of this…
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Client Communication, Criminal Law, Practice of Law
Posted in The Client
Posted in The Client
