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At the Board of Governors meeting on January 12th, a couple of very kind and generous friends put my name in nomination for Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia.  Perhaps that is in the “be careful what you ask for” category. Let’s just say it’s on my “bucket list” (though I’m in good health).  …

The Fulton County Daily Report has published my analysis of the unintended consequences of a sales tax on legal services, an earlier draft of which appeared in this blog a couple of days ago. It must have been a slow news day because they gave me a full page.

As a trial attorney handling serious injury and wrongful death cases in  Georgia, I have an intense interest in seeing that my clients are dealt with fairly, that the playing field is relatively level, and that the court system works reasonably well. Currently there is a proposal in the legislature to impose a sales tax…

My law school classmate and long-time friend, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Manis, has announced that she will be taking senior status on October 31st.  In law school, Judge Manis was a young mom going back to law school after working several years as a social worker. With a spouse and three young children,…

Here’s another Georgia Rule of Professional Conduct that make need some revision.  Our Rule 4.3 differs from the ABA Model Rule 4.3 in ways that are well-intended but have unintended consequences. ABA Model Rule 4.3 provides: In dealing on behalf of a client with a person who is not represented by counsel, a lawyer shall…

Saturday morning I was elected to the Executive Committee of the 38,000-member State Bar of Georgia.  It will be an interesting transition from outsider iconoclast on the 150-member Board of Governors that meets four times a year to having a place at the table on the 14-member Executive Committee that meets monthly, with serious responsibility…

On Friday morning, the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia unanimously passed my motion to refer to the Disciplinary Rules & Procedure Committee the question of whether Rule 1.15(I)(b) should be amended so as to more clearly define specific interests of creditors of clients as to which an attorney may be required…

Yesterday an attractive young lady appeared at my office without an appointment to solicit a relationship with a chiropractic clinic handling motor vehicle personal injury matters.  The relationship between some (though certainly not all) chiropractors and some bottom feeding lawyers is notorious.  Over the years I have heard numerous accounts of people whose names appear…