How to Build Your Client Base as a Network Attorney
Working as a legal insurance network provider can help new attorneys generate clients without much overhead.
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New Lawyer Division Member Spotlight: Abril Perez
Abril Perez’s Latina roots fuel her passion for providing pro bono immigration law services as an attorney with Casa Cornelia Law Center.
Message from the Editor of For the Record
The NLD brings together a community of new lawyers who can relate to the struggle of learning the ropes while managing self-expectations.
Navigating the Ethical Landmines of Handling Your Own Appeal
Navigating the Ethical Landmines of Handling Your Own Appeal
Paul, Plevin, Sullivan &
Connaughton LLP
No trial attorney is perfect. Even the most prepared and experienced trial attorneys should expect their adversaries to attack not just their clients’ actions and inactions, but also claimed missteps by the trial attorneys themselves. This is especially evident in appeals, where parties regularly argue that issues have been waived or forfeited; that deadlines have bene missed; or decry alleged attorney misconduct in the trial court below.
Giving Back to Your Community through Fee Arbitration
Giving Back to Your Community through Fee Arbitration
The SDCBA’s fee arbitration program offers parties an opportunity to resolve fee disputes as an alternative to taking disputes to superior court. The fee arbitration is an informal, confidential, impartial, and lower-cost avenue for resolving fee disputes between attorneys and clients. Clients are able to have a neutral arbitrator hear fee disputes with their attorneys. The arbitrator determines whether fees and costs charged by the attorney are reasonable for the services provided. California Business Code section 6200 et seq. establishes a system and procedure for the arbitration of disputes concerning costs and fees charged for attorney professional services.
