Next time you find yourself thinking about letting the retainer agreement requirement slide (“I trust the client,” or “There’s no time,” are some excuses that might run through your mind), think again. Lack of a retainer agreement one can cost you your entire fee. That’s what happened in the case desribed in this New York
February 2005
Free Divorces for Valentine’s Day
You’ll want to go over to David Giacalone’s f/k/a and read this post about presumably solo attorney Brad Margolis’ (no other attorneys are listed at his website) marketing stunt giving away a free divorce for Valentine’s Day. The news story that David links contains some discussion over whether the contest is tasteless. David, however, takes…
The 94 Hour Day
A Connecticut solo Timothy Spayne recently paid the federal government $1.24 million to settle charges that he overbilled the Electric Boat corporation for representing the company’s employees in workers compensation claims as reported in Billing for 94 Hour Day Nets Solo $1 Million Fraud Charge, Keith Griffin, Connecticut Law Journal (2/7/05). According to the…
Going Solo Right After Law School
One of our readers writes:
I graduated law school last year and am finishing
up another graduate degree…and am
taking the bar this summer. For law students with
little “real world” legal training (some law
clerking), any advice on going solo out of law school?
I read on your site about attorneys getting $40/hr
court…