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When you find yourself involved in a multi-vehicle accident, selecting an attorney who will represent your interests exclusively is paramount. This is a cornerstone of the attorney-client relationship, characterized by undivided loyalty and rigorous advocacy. In the...
A basic premise of the attorney-client relationship is that the client steers the ship. The reason the relationship exists at all is the client’s need for legal services that the lawyer agrees to provide. In a broad sense, legal counsel educates the client by...
When you engage in a legal dispute in Florida, the court may refer you to nonbinding arbitration. This is an alternative dispute resolution process that courts are increasingly using. Nonbinding arbitration can sometimes provide a quicker resolution to disputes...
When you hire an attorney, you are entitled to their uncompromised loyalty and fierce advocacy. Your legal counsel has a fiduciary duty to you – which roughly means you should be able to trust that they would have your back in any situation even if no one were looking...
Of course, many lawyers choose to be litigators whose main professional focus is to bring lawsuits seeking recovery for clients’ injuries or financial losses, or to otherwise resolve conflicts. Litigators also defend clients in court whom others have sued. Litigation...
When a person retains an attorney to represent them, the client reasonably presumes the lawyer has the requisite knowledge, experience and skill in the area of law applicable to their case or other legal matter. When legal counsel does not have the familiarity with...
When something is important enough to seek the representation of a lawyer, you expect professionalism, skill, knowledge and the ability to help you reach your goals or fix your problem. What you do not anticipate is that legal counsel could make a basic mistake that...
Entertainment attorneys have unique relationships with clients who are singers, bands, instrumentalists or other kinds of musicians. In addition to contract work or litigation, musicians’ lawyers also may have other roles like those of negotiator, agent or promoter....
We hear in the news about trials where the lawyers face sanctions, discipline, fines or charges of unethical behavior for questionable actions in the courtroom or the course of litigation. These controversial acts may include making repetitive, frivolous or meritless...
People in many professions are working with artificial intelligence (AI) to see how it can enhance their work. But equally important is careful analysis of ways in which AI may harm the integrity of work product, even when the enhancements seem significant. We...