Jan 3, 2024
Money. Get back. I’m alright, Jack. Keep your hands off of my stack. -Roger Waters—Pink Floyd- Tennessee is pretty wide open when it comes to structuring legal fees for the representation of a client. Even as some states have prohibited certain types of fee...
Nov 11, 2022
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.-Jeremy Bentham- The ABA recently issued a formal ethics opinion (Formal Opinion 502) which I discussed briefly during an ethics presentation given for the Memphis Bar Association’s bankruptcy...
May 20, 2022
There is no better test of character than when you’re tossed into crisis.That’s when we see one’s true colors shine through.-Tess Gerritsen- Admission to the practice of law in Tennessee is conditioned, among other things, on satisfaction of a character and fitness...
Jan 3, 2022
The best thing about the future is it comes one day at a time. -Abraham Lincoln- Lawyers are human. Let me say it again. Lawyers . . . are . . . human. They are subject to all the entrapments of the human condition: desire, greed, power, lust, and yes, addiction....
Nov 3, 2021
Don’t gobblefunk around with words.-Roald Dahl, The BFG- As lawyers, we live for certainty and struggle with ambiguity. Self-regulation of the legal profession is important and is designed to protect the public and maintain the integrity of the legal system. That...
Sep 8, 2021
Am I my brother’s keeper?-Cain- Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 19 sets forth all the obligations for an out-of-state lawyer who wishes to appear in a Tennessee court or administrative proceeding. There are few guidelines in the Rule, however, setting forth the...
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