I belong to the Macs in the Law Office mailing list (MILO). Recently, there was a discussion on reasonable time to respond to business correspondence and phone calls. A MILO member, William L. Pfeifer, Jr., posted a link to an article he wrote, "Why Your Lawyer Won't Take or Return Your Phone Calls—Top ...
I've received several calls lately with people concerned that their lawyer is not representing them effectively. Chief among these concerns are that their lawyer and their spouse's lawyer seemed awfully buddy-buddy before court starts. That, in itself is nothing to worry about. I have often thought of court as a social event for lawyers, and in ...
You've just decided (or found out) that you're getting a divorce. You've arranged a meeting with one or more divorce lawyers. Bringing the following four things to your first consultation with a Mississippi divorce attorney will help him or her come up to ...
It's hard for attorneys to put ourselves in our clients' shoes sometimes. We're exposed to so much of the bad side of humanity that we become desensitized to it. That's a bad thing; it would be better if we could "re-sensitize" ourselves, but I don't know if that's even possible.Sometimes, the bad side ...
The other day, I had something happen to me that would have been devastating had it been discovered at trial. Another lawyer showed me a hard copy of someone's Facebook page. This other lawyer had represented the opposing party in a recent divorce trial. What made this particular Facebook page important is that ...
