Lawyers leave law firms every day. Some leave abruptly without any notice, while others get fired. Some lawyers leave after giving a two-week notice, and others provide the professional courtesy of a phasing out period. Money is a motivational factor, and some lawyers leave because of that. Others seek greater professional and personal enrichment. Whatever the reasons for leaving a
Long before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, attorney advertising in Britain was frowned upon by both barristers and the courts. Incitement of vexatious litigation and financing litigation without an interest in it were punishable, not by statute, but by an antiquated custom of professional disgust and shunning that could go all the way up to the bench.
In 2012, an ethics opinion from the State Bar of Arizona said that for heir law practice, attorneys should use the same name that matches their bar records, however, for nonlegal activities, such as writing books, attorneys may “adopt any name by which the lawyer chooses to be known.” Material Misrepresentation and the Ethics Opinion from the State Bar of
Some law firm are offering prizes to the winners of online promotional campaigns that operate as inducements for purposes of marketing themselves and their services. The concept has been around for as long as entrepreneurism has, but there are times when the law firm promoting its services through a promotional campaign don’t even realize that state and federal statutes and
After its onset in the United States, COVID-19 significantly impacted the case volumes of personal injury and workers’ compensation practitioners. Even if a vaccine comes out tomorrow, that impact will still reverberate with law firms for years to come. It was Almost Immediate. As of October 2020, Millions of people have lost their jobs. Others, including some lawyers, are working
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf is a hugely successful law firm in New York City. It might be the most difficult law firm name in New York City to remember too. The law firm has been around for 100 years now, and just about everybody calls it Gair Gair. That’s far easier to remember, regardless of
