Attorney Referrals
For nearly two decades, most of our work has come from other attorneys referring cases or associating us to work with them.
For whatever it may mean to attorneys who may consider referring a case or associating local counsel, I am President-Elect of the State Bar of Georgia and author of Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice (Thomson West 2010).
Often attorneys in other states refer to us their clients who have catastrophic injury or wrongful death cases in Georgia, within our primary area of practice.
With substantive involvement from the originating firm, service as local counsel may involve any area of the law. A law firm in another part of the country would often do well to bring in a trial lawyer who knows the lay of the land and how to talk to a Georgia jury.
Just as often, Georgia lawyers contact us about handling a case in which we have special expertise but they do not. Attorneys who are preeminent in bankruptcy, real estate, securities, probate or corporate law readily acknowledge when they need to refer a client to a lawyer who specializes in tort law.
Similarly, a lawyer who is comfortable with routine types of tort cases but not experienced in motor carrier or products liability litigation, for example, would do well to bring in a senior attorney who practices in those areas, while assisting in the case to "learn the ropes."
Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(e) implicitly recognizes that clients are best served when lawyers can bring in other attorneys with needed areas of expertise, and still share in the responsibility and the fees. We comply fully with this rule while documenting the client's consent to an appropriate allocation of fees and responsibility between counsel.
To discuss a possible case referral, please call me at 404-253-7862.
I look forward to working with you.
Ken Shigley
For whatever it may mean to attorneys who may consider referring a case or associating local counsel, I am President-Elect of the State Bar of Georgia and author of Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice (Thomson West 2010).
Often attorneys in other states refer to us their clients who have catastrophic injury or wrongful death cases in Georgia, within our primary area of practice.
With substantive involvement from the originating firm, service as local counsel may involve any area of the law. A law firm in another part of the country would often do well to bring in a trial lawyer who knows the lay of the land and how to talk to a Georgia jury.
Just as often, Georgia lawyers contact us about handling a case in which we have special expertise but they do not. Attorneys who are preeminent in bankruptcy, real estate, securities, probate or corporate law readily acknowledge when they need to refer a client to a lawyer who specializes in tort law.
Similarly, a lawyer who is comfortable with routine types of tort cases but not experienced in motor carrier or products liability litigation, for example, would do well to bring in a senior attorney who practices in those areas, while assisting in the case to "learn the ropes."
Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(e) implicitly recognizes that clients are best served when lawyers can bring in other attorneys with needed areas of expertise, and still share in the responsibility and the fees. We comply fully with this rule while documenting the client's consent to an appropriate allocation of fees and responsibility between counsel.
To discuss a possible case referral, please call me at 404-253-7862.
I look forward to working with you.
Ken Shigley