Author: San Diego County Bar Association

Technology

LawPay Security Series: Part I

Courtesy of LawPay

Your path to a more secure law firm starts today! Our mission with this Security Series is to promote better data protection in law firms through simple, manageable steps. Throughout the year, we will deliver practical tips you can use to easily update security in your firm. With the increase of cyber-crime and the associated risk to your firm, securing your assets is more important than ever. Read More

Legal Ethics

Avoiding the Practice of Law Via the Internet: Sometimes Easier Said Than Done

By Jennifer Gilman

I, like millions of others, have a Facebook account.  I’m responsible with it, as all attorneys should be, and always make sure it passes the “eyebrow test.”  That is, I review all messages before posting to be sure that if my boss, my parents, my rabbi, a judge, the State Bar, my frenemy, and my ex-boyfriend all read the post, none of them would raise an eyebrow. Read More

Wellness

If You Don’t Have It, You Don’t Get It

By Rick Waite

Thirty-four verdicts in excess of $1,000,000. A $100,000,000 class-action settlement against the largest funeral operator in the country. Former President of the Dade County Bar Association (Miami, Florida). Former member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors. Disciplined. Fit. Adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School. Ervin Gonzalez seemed to have it all. Until June 8, 2017, when he ended his life. Read More