The Legal Expert: When is a divorce lawyer an “expert”
Our friends over at www.bedroom-to-courtroom.blogspot.com had an absolute seizure the other day when some guy wrote up some articles on Huffpost Divorce, calling himself a “legal expert.” The admin,...
View ArticleWhy do divorce lawyers have such a bad reputation?
Why do divorce lawyers have such a bad reputation? I’m sitting here wondering why divorce lawyers have such a bad reputation? It’s crazy how there isn’t one person I’ve ever met who had a positive...
View ArticleFlorida Law firm Leigh, James & Associates represents ONLY male clients – No...
I heard about this from John Bolch across the pond and he apparently got it from the Family Law Professor Blog that this Florida law firm, Leigh James & Associates, brands themselves as the law...
View ArticleLOS ANGELES: Frank McCourt sued by former divorce lawyers Bingham McCutchen
According to AP reports, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt was sued by his former lawyers at Bingham McCutchen. It was Bingham that apparently drafted the infamous prenup with ex wife Jamie McCourt that was...
View ArticleDivorce Saloon’s Most Valued Subscriber of 2011 is….
Matt Ingham!!! We wanted to take the time to acknowledge our subscriber, commenter, visitor and sometimes contributer Matt Ingham of Tulsa Oklahoma. Matt is a young attorney who juggles his own private...
View ArticleAttorney’s Fees: How poor do you have to be to get them in a New York divorce?
How poor do you have to be to get attorneys fees in a New York Divorce? Well, according to Judge Sunshine in Brooklyn Supreme Court, you can’t ask the court for attorneys fees when you make $200,000 a...
View ArticleAre divorce lawyers inherently bad financial advisers?
Are divorce lawyers bad financial advisers? They could be. For sure, unless a divorce attorney has a background in accounting and finance and tax, it behooves a client to get additional assistance from...
View ArticleDivorce Jurisprudence: Hard law requirements and soft law expectations for...
Hard law requirements and soft law expectations for divorcing couples and their counsels The terms “Hard law” and “soft law“ are not as sexy as they sound. They are terms of art in International law as...
View ArticleTV divorce lawyers vs. real life divorce lawyers
Divorce lawyers are depicted unrealistically in TV and fiction best-sellers I was just reading a website by a colleague in Oklahoma and got the idea for this post about the differences between a TV...
View ArticleIs the divorce lawyer becoming an anachronism?
I quickly stopped by our friend across the pond John Bolch’s blog, Family Lore, and saw this post http://www.familylore.co.uk/2011/02/is-there-future-for-family-lawyers.html and I wondered if he may be...
View ArticleDo divorce lawyers really need to have a “mobile” website to stay competitive?
Avvo.com ran an interesting article the other day about mobile websites. Apparently most Americans now own smartphones and it is from their smartphone that they search the internet, not from their ipad...
View ArticleShould divorce lawyers be required to represent a certain number of clients...
Not sure what brought on this post but I know there is something that triggered the thought in my head recently. I may have read that New York or some other state was planning to make it mandatory for...
View ArticleThe Cheap Divorce Lawyer: Who is the least expensive divorce lawyer in New York?
I am just sitting here next to my window that looks out onto a busy boulevard wondering about cheap divorce lawyers in New York. I remember how lawyers used to fight for position on Craigslist, to...
View ArticleCan a divorce lawyer fire his or her client? If so, under what circumstances?
From time to time, lawyers have to (or want to) end their representation of particular clients. Some clients are engaged in misconduct from which lawyers seek to dissociate themselves. Some clients...
View ArticleHow to optimize YOUR divorce law blog
Optimize your divorce blog with SEO tricks from a clueless blogger For divorce lawyers, divorce attorneys and other divorce professionals Well, talk about the blind leading the blind. (sometimes I...
View ArticleMandatory legal counsel: Should divorcing couples be legally required to...
Recently, I was conversing with the president of the International Association of Matrimonial Lawyers in Vienna and he mentioned that there was pending legislation in his country to make retaining a...
View ArticleBeware of boilerplate terms in marital agreements and pre-nups!
For attorneys, nothing is sweeter than having a ready-made contract to use as a guide. Who wants to have to reinvent the wheel each time a client walks in with uncannily similar issues to the client...
View ArticleRetainer Agreements in Divorce and Family law cases: Information for counsels...
RETAINER AGREEMENTS AND HOW THEY WORK IN DIVORCE ACTIONS When you get divorced, more than likely state law will require that you and your attorney sign a “retainer agreement.” So before you head off...
View ArticleGEORGIA: Divorce attorney wins defamation/libel case against client (ABA...
According to the ABA Journal, a Georgia divorce attorney has won a legal battle against a client who the attorney claims lied to her during his initial consultation and then proceeded to defame her...
View ArticleOnline Client Reviews: How important are they to your practice?
The online client review Divorce lawyers and professionals like everyone else in this digital universe we live in, are vulnerable to online client reviews – or even attacks. Indeed, one misstep with...
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